Part of 4. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his European Transition Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 12:48 pm on 15 July 2020.
Indeed, and, Minister, only this week the Institute for Fiscal Studies has noted that, less than six months from the EU withdrawal date, we still have no details on the UK shared prosperity fund. It's not just the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government who are calling for clarity as well as trying to engage constructively on this; it's actually local authorities in England of all different political colours who are saying, 'Please tell us what is going on'. Now, the Prime Minister made a cast-iron pledge to the people of Wales that all the money that goes towards social and economic and community programmes in Wales would be found when we leave the EU, and it would be there for us to use and for us to focus through the way we want to do it within Wales as well. So, could I ask him, does he have any confidence that, within short order, as we go into the summer, he will have clarity on the UK shared prosperity fund, clarity that all the money, every penny piece, will be returned to Wales, and that we will be able to influence the way in which decisions are made on that funding?