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Lord Anderson of Swansea

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Health-related Benefit Claims
Tuesday 5th November 2024

(2 days, 3 hours ago)

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Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab)
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My Lords, the blunt fact remains that Wales is at or near the bottom of all the indices of deprivation within the United Kingdom, so will the Government look at this again, particularly in relation to Scotland, and try to align Wales’s position not just in comparison with England but with Scotland?

Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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I do not think the Government have any such plans, but the Budget delivered for all the devolved assemblies a record amount in settlements since devolution.

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