Cabinet meeting: 3 October 2022
Minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet on 3 October 2022.
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Present
- Rt. Hon. Mark Drakeford MS
- Rebecca Evans MS
- Vaughan Gething MS
- Lesley Griffiths MS
- Jane Hutt MS
- Julie James MS
- Jeremy Miles MS
- Eluned Morgan MS
- Mick Antoniw MS
- Hannah Blythyn MS
- Dawn Bowden MS
- Julie Morgan MS
- Lynne Neagle MS
- Lee Waters MS
Officials
- Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary
- Des Clifford, Director Office of the First Minister
- Will Whiteley, Deputy Director 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
- Clare Jenkins, Special Adviser
- Owen John, Special Adviser
- Mitch Theaker, 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
- Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Treasury and Constitution
- Gawain Evans, Director Finance
- Sharon Bounds, Deputy Director Financial Controls
- Gwilym Hughes, Deputy Director Cadw
Item 1: Minutes of the previous meetings
1.1 Cymeradwyodd y Cabinet gofnodion 22 Medi / Cabinet approved the minutes of 22 September.
Item 2: First Minister’s items
2.1 The First Minister informed Cabinet that it appeared increasingly possible that UK ministers were moving away from the decisions by the previous government to uprate benefits in-line with inflation, which would create additional problems for vulnerable families. It appeared increasingly possible that there would be public spending cuts, which would create further pressures on the Welsh Government’s Budget.
Item 3: Senedd business
3.1 Cabinet considered the contents of the Plenary grid and noted there were no votes planned for Tuesday and voting time was scheduled for around 6:35pm on Wednesday.
Cabinet Secretariat
October 2022