6. Debate: The Shared Prosperity Fund

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:32 pm on 11 June 2019.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 6:32, 11 June 2019

I think there needs to be a reality check here. We should have had a withdrawal agreement approved by Parliament last autumn. That's obviously what the Government was aiming to do. We should have left in March and should now be in a transition period in which all the current payments would be guaranteed until the end of this cycle, and during this period we would have then constructed the shared prosperity fund, and the consultation would have occurred. It's all the people here who have either directly or through your support of your colleagues in Westminster prevented a withdrawal agreement getting through Parliament that have put us in this position. You can't discuss these really important issues that are a consequence of the withdrawal agreement and leaving before you've done that.