Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister (in respect of his Brexit Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:33 pm on 22 January 2020.
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, as has been clearly said, we haven't got a clue what the shared prosperity fund is going to be doing yet, but what we want to be able to ensure is that the money we would have received from European funding is matched by the money that comes from the shared prosperity fund to Wales, and allows the Welsh Government to make decisions on what best suits Wales. You've had discussions with the Secretary of State for Wales. The previous Secretary of State indicated that he was going to have a consultation process. Do we know if that consultation process is going to go ahead? What are they doing? When will we have a definitive statement from the UK Government as to what the shared prosperity fund will be; how we will be able to access it? Will there be any controls placed upon it to look at what they want it spent on, or will we have freedom? It's important we continue to have this detail, because without the detail, we're still talking about fresh air; we haven't got a clue what's happening.