Motion NDM8073 as amended:

To propose that the Senedd: 

1. Believes that the current increases in energy bills are unsustainable and that they will cause financial strain and hardship on households, businesses, and community groups, whilst fossil fuel companies are making record profits.

2. Believes the UK Government is failing to grasp the severity of this crisis and that it would allow working people to cover the cost of an energy cap instead of taxing the record profits of gas and oil producers.

3. Welcomes the £1.6bn invested in targeted cost-of-living support and universal programmes which put money back in people’s pockets provided by the Welsh Government this financial year, including:

a) extending the £200 Winter Fuel Support Payment to 400,000 households this winter;

b) rolling out universal primary free school meals from September 2022;

c) investing £51.6m in the Discretionary Assistance Fund to provide an emergency lifeline for people in severe financial crisis;

d) £4m to fund fuel vouchers to help people on pre-payment meters and a fuel bank for people not on mains gas.