Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 8 May 2019.
Minister—Counsel General, I should say—Hefin David, the Member for Caerphilly, has made an important point, I think, about the potential in future—whilst recognising that WEFO fund has been incredibly important to community-based projects in the past, there is the potential now to make the new structure more suited to both your area, Hefin, and my area, to better support environmental projects. We know that we are, as Welsh Government has said, in a climate change emergency, so what discussions have you had with the Minister responsible for energy to make sure that, in the future, whatever structure—I know we're in early days yet—does replace the existing funding that Wales has had for these types of projects, that environmental projects and renewable energy are at the heart of that, so that Wales can really take a lead within the UK and make sure we are the most environmentally beneficial part of the UK?