Wales giving back £77m to Europe

Report of information provided during exchanges at a meeting of the NAW's European and External Relations Committee, Cardiff, 20 January 2009. Note also letter of reply from the First Minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan published in the Western Mail, 30 January 2009 (see related urls).

• Primary Source

Western Mail, 4.2.09: Wales giving back £77m to Europe http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/04/wales-still-set-to-send-77m-back-to-ec-despite-getting-more-time-to-spend-it-91466-22849194/

Western Mail, 4.2.09: The real villain in the failure to spend £77m (editorial) http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/04/the-real-villain-in-the-failure-to-spend-77m-91466-22849051/

NAW: European & External Relations Committee: Wales European Funding Office—All-Wales Programme Monitoring Committee: Transcript of the discussion at the meeting of 20 January 2009 http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-committees/bus-committees-third1/bus-committees-third-eur-home/bus-committees-third-eur-agendas/ewrop20090120qv.pdf?langoption=3&ttl=EUR%283%29-01-09%20%3A%20Transcript%20%28PDF%2C%20133kb%29

NAW: European & External Relations Committee: Wales European Funding Office- Programme Monitoring Committee http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-committees/bus-committees-third1/bus-committees-third-eur-home/bus-committees-third-eur-agendas.htm?act=dis&id=111702&ds=1/2009

WEFO: All-Wales Programme Monitoring Committee 2007-2013 http://www.wefo.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?action=page&ID=2118.

Western Mail, 23.1.09: Losing £77m fails our poorest communities Ieditorial) http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/23/losing-77m-fails-our-poorest-communities-91466-22758382/

ESO: Background information: Will Wales be paying back Euro millions? http://www.europeansources.info/record/will-wales-be-paying-back-euro-millions/

European Commission: DG Regional Policy: Towards a Successful Closure of Structural Funds 2000-2006 Programmes http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/closure/index_en.htm

Western Mail, 30.1.09: Record sums spent in record time http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/letters-to-the-editor/western-mail-letters/2009/01/30/record-sums-spent-in-record-time-91466-22814694/

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