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Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 13 September 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:03, 13 September 2016

No. I mean, of course Newport and the Valleys are part of the region because it is an economic region. The reality is that 11 million people a year come through Cardiff Central station; they are commuters—many of them who come down from Valley communities. He is right to ask the question, of course: is this simply about bringing people from Valley communities to Cardiff? That’s half the story. The other half of the story is to make it easier for investors to move their investments up into Valley communities as it becomes, in their minds, easier to get there. It has to be a two-way flow for the region to operate effectively.