Extract from Exiting the
European Union Questions
(Caerphilly) (Lab):
Under the Government’s post-Brexit UK prosperity fund, will funds
be allocated on the same basis and to the same areas as under the
current European structural funds?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting
the European Union (Mr Robin Walker): The hon. Gentleman
asks an interesting question. Clearly, work is still ongoing on
the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. There is a huge opportunity to do
better than the European structural funds. Our country sends
millions of pounds into the European structural fund system, and
they never return to our country. In the future, the UK Shared
Prosperity Fund can deliver more effectively for every part of
the United Kingdom.
Extract from Business
Questions
(Ynys Môn) (Lab): May
I ask the Leader of the House for a debate on the UK Shared
Prosperity Fund? Many communities, including my own of Ynys Môn,
have been beneficiaries of the European social fund. The clock is
now ticking and many of those communities need to do planning for
post-2020, so that the poorest communities in our country can get
the help and support that is needed.
The Leader of the House of Commons (Andrea
Leadsom): The hon. Gentleman will be aware that the UK
Shared Prosperity Fund will replace the previous EU funding. In
fact, the priority for debate today is the economic proposals
under the meaningful vote debate, so he might well wish to raise
that later today.
Extract from Commons
debate on the EU Withdrawal Agreement
(Arfon)
(PC):...Arfon is part of the West Wales and The Valleys
region. We have a low GDP; it is on a par with that of Spain,
Portugal and parts of former communist eastern Europe. As such,
we receive EU cohesion funding and other European money, such as
Interreg funding to promote links, for example, with Ireland.
Agriculture is a significant part of the local economy and,
again, it depends on some EU funding. The EU has had these
regional and cohesion policies in place for many years, but there
is much concern locally about the complete lack of detail as to
the arrangements for the Shared Prosperity Fund, which is going
to replace the EU funding. That concern is sharpened further by
an appreciation that time is very short. Bangor University and
Ysbyty Gwynedd, the local district hospital, depend on having EU
staff. Bangor University has also recruited many students of EU
origin and has excellent EU research links. The university has
received significant sums from EU sources...
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