11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes. Ed.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Guto.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you very much. I think that's concluding my questions. I'll come on to Mike Hedges.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. The shared prosperity fund has adopted a different approach in the early sets of the allocations. Do you think that's because the UK Government has learnt the lessons from the other two and is trying to improve the processes? Or is there another…
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And does that not—? Is that not a fair way of doing it? How else would you do it?
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes. Excellent, thank you for that. I just want to move on to explore a little bit about the funding through the UK community renewal fund and the levelling-up fund. The community renewal fund and levelling-up fund both use competitive bidding processes and…
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes. It would be something we can pick up with Welsh Ministers, at least, so—
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, okay. Mike, did you want to come in? Can we bring Mike Hedges in, please? Thank you.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Sorry, David, you carry on, and then we'll move on to a different section. But, yes, finish off with this.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Great.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Guto.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Peter, did you want to just—
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, that you're both starting on the same—. Both sides are arguing about the point of contention, rather than the facts behind that point of contention.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, based on established fact, rather than—
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, would it be prudent to do something that Mike has said in this committee a number of times and show your working for both sides? Because when you have committees like these that are trying to grapple with this sort of information, it's very difficult when…
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. In your written evidence, Ed and Guto, you outlined that there's an estimate of £841 million EU structural funding that could still be spent up until the end of 2023. Does this figure fit with the profile of the shared prosperity fund?
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, yes, yes.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Ed.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
David, would you agree with that assessment or—?
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
You're talking about the ramping up there. Is it reasonable for remaining EU funding to be taken into account when determining the level of the shared prosperity fund, or should they be treated as two separate entities? Obviously, one is declining and one's…
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Does that answer a little bit of the question that Welsh Government have suggested that the UK Government's approach to replacing EU funding means that there's going to be a shortfall of £772 million in 2024-25? Do you agree with this assessment, or is it…
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Wonderful. Thank you very much to the three of you for coming this morning. We've hopefully got a three-quarter-of-an-hour session with you this morning. We'll crack on, because we've got a fair few questions to ask, as you'd imagine. I'd like to start by…
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Gwych. A David.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Diolch yn fawr i ti, Guto. Ed.
11 Mai 2022 , Finance Committee
Trefniadau ariannu ar ôl yr UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Dyma ni yn yr ail sesiwn y bore yma. Dwi'n falch o weld ein tystion wedi dod atom ni. Diolch yn fawr ichi am roi eich amser y bore yma, a'r holl waith sydd wedi mynd i mewn i'r dystiolaeth rydych chi wedi ei rhoi i ni yn ysgrifenedig hefyd. Diolch yn fawr…
