Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 5 October 2016.
There’s a question there: did you support the national minimum wage? Did your party support the national minimum wage? Because we all know the answer is that UKIP did not and do not support efforts to raise the living standards of lowest income families. The fact is that it was the Labour movement that introduced the national minimum wage. It’s the Labour movement that’s rolling out the living wage across the economy. And in terms of the economy here in Wales, I’ve already said that since devolution Wales has had the fifth highest increase in GVA per head compared to the 12 UK countries and English regions. And in terms of GVA again, people’s material living standards are determined by their wealth, and in this regard Wales is performing much better on measures of wealth.