00:00make a statement, please, on the Welsh Government's child poverty reduction targets.
00:04Y Llywydd – Y Llywydd, maeín rhaid llodi plant.
00:07Rhun ap Iorwerth AM, Brif Weinidog.
00:09Ending child poverty is very important to the Welsh Labour Government, and thatís why
00:12weíre investing more than £100 million a year in affordable childcare for three and
00:17four-year-olds, as well as £46 million in additional funding for childcare under Flying
00:24Start and free school meals.
00:26The policies of the Welsh Labour Government are vital to raise families out of poverty
00:31and will help to reduce child poverty.
00:34Y Llywydd – Y Llywydd, diolch yn fawr am yr adroddiad hwn.
00:35Thank you very much for that response.
00:36Y Llywydd – Y Llywydd, diolch yn fawr am yr adroddiad hwn.
00:37I have absolutely no idea what the aspiration of the Welsh Government is when it comes to
00:42reducing children who are living in poverty.
00:45If I go to Scotland, I know that they want to reduce child poverty there by 10 per cent.
00:50If I look at New Zealand, they want to reduce it by 5 per cent, and yet here we are in Wales
00:55with one of the highest levels of children living in poverty, and I have no idea what
01:01the Welsh Governmentís vision is in terms of reducing child poverty.
01:06On the other hand, if we look at organisations like Patriotic Millionaires UK, and theyíre
01:11exactly what they say on the tin, they say, ëraise taxes in order to fund our public services
01:18and help those living in the worst povertyí, like our children across the UK.
01:25So, I have two questions for you, First Minister, and they are ëyesí and ënoí answers.
01:30The first question is this.
01:32Will you tell Keir Starmer to tax the richest and scrap the two-cap benefit cap?
01:40And a question for you, ëyesí or ënoí, will you introduce targets on reducing child
01:46poverty?
01:47Diolch yn fawr iawn.
01:48Carwyn Jones AM.
01:49Well, thanks very much.
01:50Look, the decisions on taxation and how he presents those is something that Keir Starmer
01:58has to determine for himself, and, obviously, we in Wales have our opportunity as well.
02:05We have decided in this proposed budget that we will not be taxing the richest in our forthcoming
02:12budget, partly because we donít have as many rich people as perhaps weíd like in
02:17Wales to be able to access the kind of taxation that would be helpful to our public services.
02:26We have made it clear in the child poverty strategy that we have very clear intentions
02:33here.
02:34We already have national indicators that will help us to measure our progress as a nation,
02:41and the monitoring framework, which will inform the next progress, is due to be published
02:47in 2025.
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