Extract from Wales Assembly statement on the effect of Brexit on the arts, creative industries, heritage and the Welsh language - Mar 13
Thursday, 14 March 2019 07:35
Bethan Sayed AM:...EU funding has boosted our arts and heritage
sectors and the creative industries. The legacy of this investment
can be seen across the country, in the Galeri arts centre in
Caernarfon and the Pontio arts centre in Bangor. There is a
consensus in this Chamber that Wales must continue to receive the
same level of funding that it would have had if the UK had remained
in the EU. Since 2017, the UK Government has pledged that a
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AM:...EU
funding has boosted our arts and heritage sectors and the
creative industries. The legacy of this investment can be seen
across the country, in the Galeri arts centre in
Caernarfon and the Pontio arts centre in Bangor. There is a
consensus in this Chamber that Wales must continue to receive the
same level of funding that it would have had if the UK had
remained in the EU. Since 2017, the UK Government has pledged
that a UK shared prosperity fund will plug the gap,
but it has still not published any details on how it will work.
The current uncertainty about future funding is damaging to our
creative industries and it’s vital that we obtain more certainty
on the funding that will be available after we leave...
:...Wales, as has been stated, benefits
immeasurably from Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, Creative Europe, the
Wales-Ireland programme, and much, much more that benefits our
younger people, our older communities and our economies across
Wales. I agree very much with that there is a consensus in
this Chamber that Wales must continue to receive every single
penny and level of funding that it would have had if the UK had
remained in the EU. The shared prosperity fund must honour that
commitment. The threats to the Welsh cultural sector are clear,
but what I want to underscore is that Welsh Labour Government
have played a vital and pivotal role in flagging up these
concerns and putting direct pressure on the UK Tory Government
to live up to their promises to the people of Wales...
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