Programmes Funded by the EU

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 17 November 2020.

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Photo of David Rees David Rees Labour 1:36, 17 November 2020

Thank you for that answer, First Minister. Many communities across my constituency have benefited from projects that have been funded by the European Union through structural funds—whether that's been skills-based—they would never have been able to receive otherwise, and these communities are now developing as a consequence of that. Now, as you say, we were promised 'not a penny lost' at the time, but the shared prosperity fund still seems to be lacking total detail, and I'm hearing in fact that they may well wish to bypass Welsh Government in that funding. Now, given the comments made by the Prime Minister last night, is it worrying that this shared prosperity fund may therefore not deliver the same types of programmes that would help our communities but in fact will keep just the projects that the Tory Government in Westminster want and nothing else?