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The Budget

I think it is a fair deal for Wales. On the end-of-year flexibility, we have met the requests made by the Welsh Assembly Government. Unlike Departments in the UK, devolved Administrations have been able to carry funds over, should they wish, from this year to next year, but the Welsh Assembly Government have not requested to do that. On the question of the housing revenue account, I visited and gave evidence to Welsh Assembly Finance Committee and met the Finance Minister afterwards. I said to her that, should the Welsh Assembly Government wish to have further conversations about the mechanism we are putting in place in England for dealing with housing revenue account issues, we would be more than happy to discuss whether there should be a similar process in Wales, too. As the hon. Gentleman says, the process is fiscally neutral.