Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 16 November 2016.
The Member is absolutely right, and I believe that, as I mentioned earlier in my contributions, the two areas of concentration for this Government have to be around economic regeneration and building the jobs, skills and opportunities and confidence for people to get into the market, to give them long-term stability. This programme, Communities for Work, and Lift are just one of the elements of the jigsaw, including the 100,000 all-age apprenticeships and the childcare pledge, which is a suite of tools to enable people to get back into the market. I certainly recognise the significant European investment. I’m grateful for the Member’s recognition also, and it will be useful to join forces when the exit programme from Europe comes about, to ensure that we are fully funded to an amount that does make a difference in all our communities that are represented here in Wales.