5. 5. Plaid Cymru Debate: Economic Development

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:04 pm on 14 September 2016.

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Photo of Adam Price Adam Price Plaid Cymru 3:04, 14 September 2016

And finally, I think the Government needs a massive injection of creativity, some big ideas that can inspire Wales. We saw over the summer the cancellation of the Wales bid for the Commonwealth Games, but what have we put in there to replace it that will actually inspire our country and create the foundations for a different economy? About the same time as the economy Secretary was announcing that, Manchester announced an ambitious bid to bring the World’s Fair, the Expo, the Olympics for business, if you like, and industry back to these islands for the first time since the Great Exhibition of 1851. That is the biggest event in the world—20 million visitors they’re expecting there, double the size of the Olympics. Think what that could do to the Manchester economy in terms of promoting an image of its city and its region, but also in terms of investing in its business. That’s the kind of thinking that we need from this Welsh Government. They did the Commonwealth Games; now they’re going for the Expo. What are our proposals from the Welsh Government for Wales?