Darren Millar AM:...So, here, Brexit provides with a new
opportunity. In the coming weeks, the UK Government will be
publishing further details of the new shared prosperity fund that
will be designed to reduce inequalities across the four nations. It
will replace the overly bureaucratic system of European aid, which
has failed to deliver for the people of Wales, and Boris Johnson
has been very clear that Wales will receive at least as much
funding under the new arrangements as we do from EU...Request free trial
:...So, here, Brexit provides
with a new opportunity. In the coming weeks, the UK Government will
be publishing further details of the new shared prosperity
fund that will be designed to reduce inequalities across
the four nations. It will replace the overly bureaucratic system of
European aid, which has failed to deliver for the people of Wales,
and has been very clear that
Wales will receive at least as much funding under the new
arrangements as we do from EU structural funds. And that
shared prosperity fund will provide us with an
opportunity to make different strategic investments that leave a
lasting legacy—truly leave a lasting legacy—to communities across
Wales in need. And, of course, it will be more flexible than the
current arrangements that fail to tackle any of the pockets of
deprivation outside of west Wales and the Valleys...
:...They scaremonger
about the UK shared prosperity fund, when our
UK Conservative manifesto clearly stated that Wales will receive at
least the same level of financial support as it currently receives
from the EU. The UK Conservative Government also guaranteed that it
will match funding for agriculture throughout this UK Parliament
and, most importantly, will actually deliver on the Brexit that the
people of Wales voted for and continue to support...
:...We have seen Welsh Government
frozen out of the Brexit negotiations since they started in
2016—not even in the room. We have seen common frameworks, shared
governance supposedly, with little evidence of the 'shared'. We
have seen Welsh Government having no recognition in trade talks, as
said, and with
the shared prosperity fund, the
details of where European funding goes have always been decided
here in the Senedd for the last 20 years. Now Boris wants to
decide. We face a power grab...
:...Wales voted to
leave, the people voted to leave, so I am proud that we as Welsh
Conservatives are doing everything possible to support the best
interests of every corner of our nation. The Prime Minister, the
Right Honourable MP, has confirmed that the
EU cash Wales currently receives will be matched, and the
new shared prosperity fund will
provide an opportunity to tackle deprivation and raise living
standards in some of the poorest parts of Wales. Brexit can be and
is, in fact, a bright light for Wales, so I for one will be
celebrating its deliverance on Friday night and the start of a
global Britain, global Wales. And I'll be doing the Westminster
bongs at exactly 11 o'clock...
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