Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 14 September 2016.
Minister, I can join with the Member for South Wales West, because I also was going to ask the question about ensuring that the Viable and Vibrant Places project, which we're seeing actually achieving excellent results in Port Talbot, in the Green Park industrial estate being transformed into a lovely green area and social housing, into the regeneration of the old fire brigade station, and the Port Talbot transport hub at the railway station—they're all coming to fruition, quietly, and seeing a change, but we need that change beyond the principal towns in the areas. So, I will then urge, as Bethan did, that you actually look at extending the Vibrant and Viable Places beyond principal towns into outer communities so that they can benefit. I appreciate you indicated that it’s for the local authorities, but perhaps guidance and criteria could be given to local authorities to express that position, because, as I'm sure you'll agree, this is a fantastic scheme to rejuvenate town centres and areas that have been left to go for a while, but those areas are also in the Valleys.