Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 5 December 2017.
Jane Hutt
Labour
2:23,
5 December 2017
Leader of the house, the Cabinet Secretary for rural affairs is aware of concerns raised about the complexity of the application process for rural development grants via the WEFO website for third sector organisations who've been allocated funding in the current round. Can the Welsh Government assure me that these concerns are being addressed in order to facilitate the draw-down of rural development grants for local projects such as the Ogmore village hall association?
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