Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 5 October 2016.
In his non-answer to the question from Adam Price earlier on, the Cabinet Secretary made great play of the fact that more people are in work today in Wales than ever before, which isn’t surprising as the population has gone up. But he said nothing about what the people in work are actually earning. Fifteen years ago, Wales was second from bottom in the league tables of the nations and English regions. Today, it is bottom; it’s been overtaken by Northern Ireland. Scotland was just ahead of Wales 15 years ago; it’s now drawn even further ahead. The south-west of England was just ahead of Wales 15 years ago, and has drawn even further ahead. Isn’t the record of this Labour Government one of unrelieved failure?