UK Shared Prosperity Fund

Lord German Excerpts
Thursday 21st May 2020

(4 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh
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I refer the noble Baroness to my previous answer. I cannot make a specific commitment on the timing but we obviously realise that, with the pandemic, it is important to proceed as fast as possible.

Lord German Portrait Lord German (LD)
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Will the Government not only replace the money for Wales from the European funds pound for pound but match the powers that the Welsh Government currently have over those funds?

Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh
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The noble Lord will recognise that Wales receives more per capita than any of the four nations. I have made a commitment that the overall level of the funds will, at the minimum, remain the same, but I cannot go any further on the specific funding for the various nations.