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NDM7708 Debate: The UK Levelling Up and Shared Prosperity Funds
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Meeting: 19/01/2023 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)
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2 Letter from the Minister for Economy
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PDF 176 KBMeeting: 15/06/2021 - Plenary (Item 9)
Debate: The UK Levelling Up and Shared Prosperity Funds
NDM7708 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Agrees that the UK Government approach to
the Levelling Up Fund and broader EU successor funding does not guarantee that
Wales will not be a penny worse off and represents a clear assault on Welsh
devolution.
2. Agrees that the pilot UK Community
Renewal Fund for 2021-22 represents a significant cut in funding for Wales as
the Welsh Government would have received at least £375m each year in the form
of EU structural funds.
3. Notes that this cut in available funding
threatens jobs and services in Wales.
4. Shares the concerns raised by the Welsh
Local Government Association regarding the level of available funding and the
process for delivery expressed in its evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee
regarding the UK Government’s proposals.
5. Notes the independent UK Industrial
Strategy Council’s description of the UK Government’s Levelling Up plans as
‘centrally controlled funding pots thinly spread across a range of
initiatives’.
6. Agrees that the UK Government has
neither presented nor won a mandate to cut EU successor funds for Wales or unilaterally
undermine Welsh devolution.
7. Believes that decisions about Wales
should be taken in Wales and that the UK Government must stop using the
Internal Market Act to diminish Wales’s say.
UK
Community Renewal Fund: prospectus 2021-22
Welsh
Local Government Association - oral evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee -
27 May 2021
Industrial
Strategy Council Annual Report 2021
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Darren Millar
(Clwyd West)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the UK shared prosperity fund and
its intention to reduce inequalities between communities across the UK.
2. Agrees that the annual budget for the UK
shared prosperity fund should be no less than the EU and UK funding streams it
replaces.
3. Welcomes the role of local government in
the deployment of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
4. Calls upon Her Majesty's Government,
local authorities and devolved administrations to develop a system to track and
measure the impact and desired outcomes of the fund.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will
be de-selected]
Amendment 2 Sian Gwenllian
(Arfon)
Insert as new points after point 2 and
renumber accordingly:
Believes that the UK Government approach to
the prioritisation criteria for these funds is inconsistent with that of
predecessor EU funding based on need.
Calls for transparency from the UK
Government on the prioritisation criteria for these funds to ensure no area in
Wales misses out on funding.
Amendment 3 Sian Gwenllian
(Arfon)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to lay before the Senedd an impact assessment showing the effect of these funding arrangements on the distribution of funding across Wales and devolved Welsh decision-making.
Minutes:
The item started at
17.32
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7708
Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Agrees that the UK Government approach to the Levelling Up Fund and broader EU
successor funding does not guarantee that Wales will not be a penny worse off
and represents a clear assault on Welsh devolution.
2.
Agrees that the pilot UK Community Renewal Fund for 2021-22 represents a
significant cut in funding for Wales as the Welsh Government would have
received at least £375m each year in the form of EU structural funds.
3.
Notes that this cut in available funding threatens jobs and services in Wales.
4.
Shares the concerns raised by the Welsh Local Government Association regarding
the level of available funding and the process for delivery expressed in its
evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee regarding the UK Government’s
proposals.
5.
Notes the independent UK Industrial Strategy Council’s description of the UK
Government’s Levelling Up plans as ‘centrally controlled funding pots thinly
spread across a range of initiatives’.
6.
Agrees that the UK Government has neither presented nor won a mandate to cut EU
successor funds for Wales or unilaterally undermine Welsh devolution.
7.
Believes that decisions about Wales should be taken in Wales and that the UK
Government must stop using the Internal Market Act to diminish Wales’s say.
UK
Community Renewal Fund: prospectus 2021-22
Welsh
Local Government Association - oral evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee -
27 May 2021
Industrial
Strategy Council Annual Report 2021
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete
all and replace with:
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Notes the UK shared prosperity fund and its intention to reduce inequalities
between communities across the UK.
2.
Agrees that the annual budget for the UK shared prosperity fund should be no
less than the EU and UK funding streams it replaces.
3.
Welcomes the role of local government in the deployment of the UK Shared
Prosperity Fund.
4.
Calls upon Her Majesty's Government, local authorities and devolved
administrations to develop a system to track and measure the impact and desired
outcomes of the fund.
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
15 |
0 |
39 |
54 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment
2 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
Insert
as new points after point 2 and renumber accordingly:
Believes
that the UK Government approach to the prioritisation criteria for these funds
is inconsistent with that of predecessor EU funding based on need.
Calls
for transparency from the UK Government on the prioritisation criteria for
these funds to ensure no area in Wales misses out on funding.
A vote was taken on amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
39 |
0 |
14 |
54 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
Amendment
3 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to lay before the Senedd
an impact assessment showing the effect of these funding arrangements on the
distribution of funding across Wales and devolved Welsh decision-making.
A vote was taken on amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
40 |
0 |
14 |
54 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7708
Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Agrees that the UK Government approach to the Levelling Up Fund and broader EU
successor funding does not guarantee that Wales will not be a penny worse off
and represents a clear assault on Welsh devolution.
2.
Agrees that the pilot UK Community Renewal Fund for 2021-22 represents a
significant cut in funding for Wales as the Welsh Government would have
received at least £375m each year in the form of EU structural funds.
3.
Believes that the UK Government approach to the prioritisation criteria for
these funds is inconsistent with that of predecessor EU funding based on need.
4.
Calls for transparency from the UK Government on the prioritisation criteria
for these funds to ensure no area in Wales misses out on funding.
5.
Notes that this cut in available funding threatens jobs and services in Wales.
6.
Shares the concerns raised by the Welsh Local Government Association regarding
the level of available funding and the process for delivery expressed in its
evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee regarding the UK Government’s
proposals.
7.
Notes the independent UK Industrial Strategy Council’s description of the UK
Government’s Levelling Up plans as ‘centrally controlled funding pots thinly
spread across a range of initiatives’.
8.
Agrees that the UK Government has neither presented nor won a mandate to cut EU
successor funds for Wales or unilaterally undermine Welsh devolution.
9.
Believes that decisions about Wales should be taken in Wales and that the UK
Government must stop using the Internal Market Act to diminish Wales’s say.
10. Calls on the Welsh Government to lay before the
Senedd an impact assessment showing the effect of these funding arrangements on
the distribution of funding across Wales and devolved Welsh decision-making.
UK
Community Renewal Fund: prospectus 2021-22
Welsh
Local Government Association - oral evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee -
27 May 2021
Industrial
Strategy Council Annual Report 2021
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
39 |
0 |
15 |
54 |
The motion as amended was agreed.