Nick Ramsay MS – the Shadow Minister for Finance – has expressed disappointment over the debate today (June 24) on the Supplementary Budget.
Speaking after the debate, he called it a “missed opportunity”, and renewed the Welsh Conservative call for a full Emergency Budget to face the economic crisis caused by Coronavirus.
Mr Ramsay, speaking later said:
“The Supplementary Budget doesn’t do enough to protect both lives and livelihoods.
“It was agreed in early March before the full extent of the pandemic was known, and since then, the Budget has grown by some 10 percent including the huge £2.2 billion from the Treasury to tackle the Coronavirus – although so far only £1.8bn appears to have been allocated.
“It was an opportunity for the Welsh Government to show a complete change in gear in how it prioritises its finances.
“Instead, it’s another missed opportunity because it seems that the Welsh Labour-led Government hasn’t grasped that Covid is both a health and an economic crisis, and consequently, Labour has let Wales down.”