Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:19 pm on 21 June 2016.
I think the fact that Welsh unemployment is now lower than the UK average is an important watershed moment. It’s happened a few times over the 30 years, but unfortunately all too rarely. Given that and the employment rate now, the difference is very small, would he accept that when we compare that to the fact that, overall, with our GVA per capita, there is a 30 per cent gap, the underlying problem in the Welsh economy is not jobs, per se, but the quality of jobs? It’s a productivity problem that we have. Do we need to shift our economic strategy to focus on that?