8. 8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Economic Development in the South Wales Valleys

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:36 pm on 17 May 2017.

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Photo of Lee Waters Lee Waters Labour 5:36, 17 May 2017

Would he acknowledge that the city deals rather than the city regions, which I think he mentioned, which, of course, the Welsh Government set up, are simply displacing cuts in public spending through austerity, and the failure of the UK Government to acknowledge the case for fair funding? So, when put in the whole context, this bit of funding that has been passed down through the city deals is much smaller than the amount of money that’s been sucked out of Wales by the Government.