Financial Support for Universities

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 20 October 2020.

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Photo of Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru 1:33, 20 October 2020

I'm sure the First Minister will agree with me that, for the medium-term future of our universities, it's vital that they get sufficient access to funding for research. Does the First Minister share my concerns that at no time during the whole of devolution, over the last 20 years, have our universities ever got what would have been their Barnett consequential from the research councils? And does the First Minister agree with me that it may be time to look at devolving that funding and that responsibility so that we can be making decisions here in Wales about what research we should be prioritising and how we can support our universities to further develop their research excellence?