Shared Prosperity Fund

Baroness Jolly Excerpts
Thursday 24th March 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
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I am sorry, I did not hear the question. But Yorkshire is a very important place as well.

Baroness Jolly Portrait Baroness Jolly (LD)
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My Lords, Cornwall was in receipt of considerable EU funding. Can the noble Lord confirm that Cornwall is still in the mix for shared prosperity funding?

Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
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Cornwall is incredibly important—with its own language, even—and we want to make sure that we level up within regions and all parts of the country. We recognise the need to deal with some of the real rural deprivation that exists in Cornwall.