EU Structural Funds

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:50 pm on 20 March 2019.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 2:50, 20 March 2019

(Translated)

There is quite some concern about the future of an innovative project, the Ffarm Moelyci project, in my constituency. The Cwm Harry trust are almost two years into a three-year project, which is led by a German university, as part of the INTERREG programme, which includes 11 partners in five European nations. The project has ordered a large biomass processor and is about to spend tens of thousands of pounds in the local economy. As you have said, there was a pledge that projects that have been approved would receive funds should Brexit happen. But Cwm Harry tell me that the whole project in Moelyci is under a cloud because they have been given to understand that those assurances are no longer in place. So, can you give us some clarity about the situation? Are there other projects under threat, and what can you as a Government do to assist?