Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his law officer responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:39 pm on 20 October 2020.
Counsel General, clause 47 of the internal market Bill enables the UK Government to not only spend in devolved areas but then to send the bill to the Welsh Government. Now, this seems to me a total contradiction to what we were promised the shared prosperity fund might be. In your discussions with the UK Government, have you discussed what their understanding is of the term 'shared' and the term 'prosperity'? And I wonder if you could inform us what your understanding is of the UK Government's understanding of that term.