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And are they being productive or are they being—? What sort of noises are you getting from the other side?
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Have you engaged around specific amendments yet, as to what you're actually asking them to consider?
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There we are. There we are. Right. Just moving on to the LCM on the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill, the Senedd is considering the LCM in relation to this. The Welsh Government notes issues demonstrated through the levelling-up fund and the shared prosperity…
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They might well read the transcript from this meeting—or they might well be watching; they might well be watching. [Laughter.]
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Thank you very much. Vaughan.
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Sorry. Yes. He's coming in, and Rebecca gave us a question that she'd want us to ask. The other two—what would you like us to ask, or what would you suggest that this committee asks those two coming in?
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The Secretary of State for Wales.
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So, a final question on this is—. As you might be well aware, we will have the Secretary of State and the Deputy coming in on 30 June. Rebecca has given us—
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So, people in those projects—. It lands on your desk, for example: what's your thought process when you come to making that decision?
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Okay. Thank you very much. And just a final couple of questions from me on this, seeing as we've got the finance Minister here as well. So, we'll ask about the legislative consent memorandum after this, if possible. Stakeholders are suggesting that there is a…
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We'll move on.
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Peter, just briefly.
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Okay. Diolch, Mike. I'll go to Rhianon now then, please.
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Thank you. Mike.
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Okay. Did you want to address agriculture?
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Thank you. Mike.
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Welsh Local Government Association, sorry. It was the WLGA.
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Mike, before you carry on, just if I may, we had evidence from the WJEC that said that, on an official level, the relationship between officials from local government and the Westminster Government was probably the best that it had been for a long time. Is it…
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But it might be interesting for us as a Finance Committee to understand that mechanism, so we'll write to you for that. I'll bring in Mike Hedges from sunny Swansea.
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Okay. Fine. So, with regard to that, then, what else replaces that from the UK? Have we had a consequential for that?
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Talking about other funds and things, we mentioned it earlier with regard to the recovery and resilience fund, and especially the Ukraine element. Has that been calculated in the £1 billion loss that we've had, or is that in addition?
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We'll note that as well, yes. Thanks, Peter.
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Yes, please.
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What was the margin that you were working to?
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Thank you very much. So, I'm going to go over to Peter now.