<p>Swansea Bay City Region </p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 4 October 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:34, 4 October 2016

We’re looking, of course, at ways of creating a metro project in that region in years to come. Swansea, as a city, is an economic driver for the areas around it, and it’s important that people are able to get to Swansea easily as well. But, I have to say, what would be hugely useful is if the UK Government made good on its promise to electrify the south Wales main line as far as Swansea, something that they have so far steadfastly refused to do.