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Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 4 October 2016.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless UKIP 2:01, 4 October 2016

With respect to the ONS data centre and the link with economics, I worked as an economist previously and hugely benefited from relations with ONS statisticians. There was a time when the ONS emphasised selling data and using it to bring in revenue to Government, but now has a policy of open data. Does the First Minister agree that the Welsh Government should support that in its own approach, and also that there could be a huge opportunities for companies to come to Newport, benefit from its improving connections and that raw supply of data and expert statisticians we will have in Newport?