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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Okay. Anyone else on this? Steve Fothergill.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Of course.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Joe, yes, please.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Okay. Thanks for that. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells. Vikki.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Thanks for that. And, Steve Fothergill, in your paper, you've said that there is a significant flaw in the UK Government's approach to including deprivation in its funding calculations for the shared prosperity fund, which has diverted funding from larger to…
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
And Adam Hawksbee.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Okay, thanks for that. Joe Rossiter.
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Yes. And to what extent have the levelling-up fund and the shared prosperity fund allocated funding to areas most in need of levelling up? What impacts do you think the approach taken by the UK Government has had on authorities in different parts of Wales?…
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Adam Hawksbee, anything to add?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Yes. Joe Rossiter, anything to add to that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
So, it's all to do with timing, then, in your view?
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Well, thank you very much indeed for those introductions, and perhaps I can just kick off this session with just a general question: do you think that the UK Government is meeting its commitment to replace EU funds received by Wales through the shared…
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
And Adam Hawksbee, who's joining us virtually.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
Thank you very much for that. Joe Rossiter.
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Post-EU regional development funding: Academics and think tanks
We'll move on, therefore, to item 3 on our agenda today, and this is the first oral evidence session for our inquiry into post-EU regional development funding, which is taking evidence today from academics and think tanks. May I welcome the witnesses to our…
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Papers to note
So, we'll move on to item 2 on our agenda, which is papers to notes. There are a number of papers to note there. You'll be pleased to hear that I'm not going to go through every single paper, but are there any issues arising from these papers at all? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. It's wonderful to be back chairing the committee, and may I thank everyone for their kind words during my absence? May I also thank Vikki Howells for chairing the first…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you for that response, Minister. I recently visited Haverfordwest high school, where I had an excellent tour of their facilities and a really interesting discussion about everything from teacher recruitment and retention to how we can best eliminate…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
1. What are the Minister's priorities for schools in Pembrokeshire for the next 12 months? OQ59436
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
Darren Millar.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
We'll move on now to item 7, the Plaid Cymru debate on HS2 redesignation. I call on Luke Fletcher to move the motion.
, Plenary
Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee Report—Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Accounts 2020-21
The proposal is to note the committee's report. Does any Member object? No. The motion is, therefore, agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
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Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee Report—Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Accounts 2020-21
Can the Member please now come to an end?
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Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee Report—Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Accounts 2020-21
I call on Mark Isherwood to reply to the debate.
, Plenary
Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee Report—Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Accounts 2020-21
I call on the Minister for Finance and Local Government, Rebecca Evans.
