UK Government committed to historic Welsh funding floor
Alun Cairns today reaffirmed the UK Government's commitment to introducing a funding floor for the first time alongside the Spending Review.
Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns today reaffirmed the UK Government鈥檚 commitment to introducing a funding floor for the very first time alongside the Spending Review.
Mr Cairns spoke during a House of Commons debate on the Barnett formula 鈥� the system which determines the level of central UK Government funding that the devolved administrations receive.
Mr Cairns said that the St David鈥檚 Day Command Paper published earlier this year 鈥渃ommitted for the first time in history鈥� to introduce a floor in the level of relative funding provided to the Welsh Government.
鈥淎 historic commitment was made ahead of St David鈥檚 Day and I have reiterated today that we will deliver on that promise to introduce a 鈥榝unding floor鈥� alongside the upcoming Spending Review鈥�, the Wales Office Minister said.
MPs were told by the Wales Office Minister that it was 鈥渘ow time to move the debate on from devolution. 皇冠体育app Welsh Government needs to use the powers it already has - and those additional new powers it will gain as part of the draft Wales Bill - to get on with the job of delivering on the issues that matter for the people of Wales鈥�