Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:28 pm on 15 December 2021.
Can I just say to my colleague Jack Sargeant I'd be very interested in joining that cross-party group? Minister, going back about 10 years I recall Cadwyn Clwyd, a regional development agency, secured £14 million of EU funding to boost the rural economy in Flintshire and Denbighshire. Other funding came in to agencies across north Wales such as Northern Marches Cymru, Menter a Busnes and Menter Môn. This funding helped many food promotion schemes, such as the Mold food festival, and funding of a local produce centre at the National Eisteddfod, with 16 food and drink suppliers from across north Wales. It's helped establish the Clwydian range food trail, and helped fund the Denbigh plum project, to name but a few. But Minister, I am concerned about the loss of European funding to the food sector via Welsh Government. Will there be replacement funding from the UK Government as promised, do you know? Diolch.