3. Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Response to the UK Government Financial Statement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:07 pm on 27 September 2022.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 3:07, 27 September 2022

That's very kind, thank you. Well, I've been a Member for almost 20 years, and throughout that time, I've heard the Welsh Governments talk constantly about the amount of money it has to spend but almost never about how that money is earned. In consequence, Wales has the lowest prosperity, lowest wages, lowest employment and the highest child poverty in the UK, and pays billions less in tax than it receives from the Treasury. Is it not the case that this begging-bowl Welsh Government is entirely dependent on the taxpayers of south-east England and the city of London?