Source · Select Committees · Welsh Affairs Committee
Recommendation 17
17
Paragraph: 117
We welcome the establishment of an Interministerial Group on Welfare, as part of the recently...
Conclusion
We welcome the establishment of an Interministerial Group on Welfare, as part of the recently published Review of Intergovernmental Relations. However, while this will provide an important forum for bringing together the four UK governments to discuss welfare and social security issues, we believe this should be underpinned by a bilateral intergovernmental body for the UK and Welsh governments to engage on welfare policy.
Paragraph Reference:
117
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The UK Government rejects these recommendations. The Department for Work and Pensions Ministers already have constructive engagement channels with Ministers in the Welsh Government on matters of mutual interest, and where areas of devolved and reserved power intersect. For example, the Minister for Employment recently met Vaughan Gething, MS, Welsh Government Minister for the Economy, to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions could support the Welsh Government’s employability strategy.