Cabinet meeting: 13 March 2023
Minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet on 13 March 2023.
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Present
- Rt. Hon. Mark Drakeford MS (Chair)
- Lesley Griffiths MS
- Rebecca Evans MS
- Vaughan Gething MS
- Jane Hutt MS
- Julie James MS
- Jeremy Miles MS
- Eluned Morgan MS
- Mick Antoniw MS
- Hannah Blythyn MS
- Dawn Bowden MS
- Lynne Neagle MS
- Julie Morgan MS
- Lee Waters MS
Officials
- Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary
- Des Clifford, Director Office of the First Minister
- Rebecca Dunn, Head of Cabinet Division
- Toby Mason, Head of Strategic Communications
- Jane Runeckles, Special Adviser
- Madeleine Brindley, Special Adviser
- Alex Bevan, Special Adviser
- Daniel Butler, Special Adviser
- Ian Butler, Special Adviser
- Kate Edmunds, Special Adviser
- Sara Faye, Special Adviser
- Sam Hadley, Special Adviser
- David Hooson, Special Adviser
- Clare Jenkins, Special Adviser
- Owen John, Special Adviser
- Phillipa Marsden, Special Adviser
- Tom Woodward, Special Adviser
- Christopher W Morgan, Head of Cabinet Secretariat (minutes)
- Damian Roche, Cabinet Secretariat
- Catrin Sully, Cabinet Office
- Tracey Burke, Director General Climate Change & Rural Affairs
- Jo-Anne Daniels, Director General Education, Social Justice and Welsh Language
- Reg Kilpatrick, Director General, COVID-19 recovery and Local Government
- Tim Moss, Chief Operating Officer
- Judith Paget, Director General Health and Social Services
- Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Treasury and Constitution
- Helen Lentle, Director Legal Services
- Helena Bird, Permanent Secretary’s office
Item 1: Minutes of previous meetings
1.1 Cymeradwyodd y Cabinet gofnodion y 6 Mawrth / Cabinet approved the minutes of 6 March.
Item 2: First Minister's items
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement
2.1 The First Minister reminded Cabinet that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be presenting his Spring Statement to Parliament on Wednesday. In preparation for this, the Minister for Finance and Local Government would be issuing a written statement on Tuesday to set out the Welsh Government’s expectations, while indicating that the formal response would issue on Thursday, due to industrial action by the PCS and Prospect Trade Unions. There would be a need to carefully consider the impact of the Spring Statement.
Item 3: Senedd business
3.1 Cabinet considered the Plenary grid and noted that voting time would be around 5:50pm on Tuesday and the Senedd would not be meeting on Wednesday due to industrial action by Commission staff.
Cabinet Secretariat
March 2023