Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 1 November 2016.
Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Is the First Minister feeling a bit more cheerful after our week in recess, because we’ve had three very good pieces of news for the UK economy, and hence the Welsh economy as well, in the meantime? Nissan has approved a plant for 600,000 cars a year to be made in the north-east of England; the French insurance giant, Axa, has, after having put on ice its building of its tallest tower in the City of London, decided to go ahead with it; and, in the three months to September, the UK growth figures were positive: 0.5 per cent growth compared with the negative forecasts of six months ago by the Treasury and the Office for Budget Responsibility. So, doesn’t this show, actually, that post-Brexit Wales and the UK have vast opportunities for improving the health and well-being of the whole population of this country?