Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 8 November 2022.
Thank you, Trefnydd. The Valleys Regional Park delivers a range of positive interventions, promoting health and well-being, offering adult education opportunities, protecting the environment, and enhancing the tourist offer in the Valleys, thereby boosting our local economies. Discovery gateways like the Dare Valley County Park mean that our Valleys communities can access these literally on their doorsteps. The Valleys Regional Park has, as you said, in the past been supported by European funding, which has been lost, obviously, through Brexit. With replacement funding being taken out of Welsh Government control, and with no levelling-up fund bids confirmed so far, what confidence do you have that such initiatives can continue during the economically turbulent times ahead?