7. 7. Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Withdrawal from the European Union

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:29 pm on 13 July 2016.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 5:29, 13 July 2016

Just on that point, we’ve seen today Alun Cairns, for example, as the Secretary of State, argue that this is no longer about money, and we should have this big debate about what should replace structural funds, and though I’m up for learning from the fact that structural funds did not take us from the position we were in in 1999 to the position we want to be in today, can I just support what he’s just said? We want that faith to be kept to the end of the natural part of these programmes, till 2020, and I hope that the Conservative Party will make that very clear in forthcoming debates.