<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 14 September 2016.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 2:32, 14 September 2016

Thank you for your response. There’s been a great deal of concern/interest from much of the political establishment that many of the areas that benefitted the most from European money voted to leave. But in spite of all that funding going to the Valleys, poverty, poor housing and insecure employment remain a fact of life for many people living there. So, this vote could therefore be seen as a verdict of how the Welsh Government has administered billions of pounds of EU money, rather than the institution itself. Do you accept, therefore, that tackling poverty isn’t just about the number you put after the pound sign on the press release, but about how you spend existing budgets, and that if you aren’t giving communities what they really need, or aren’t consulting effectively with them, then warning them that the money is at risk may be seen as a bit of an empty threat to those types of people?