Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:50 pm on 1 November 2016.
The Member would be right if it wasn’t for the fact that so many people from Wales actually use Heathrow Airport, and regardless of the success of Cardiff Airport, Cardiff Airport will never compete as an international hub with Heathrow. Cardiff can, however, act as a complementary airport for Heathrow, and that’s what the chair of the airport, Roger Lewis, has spoken about on a number of occasions. That’s why we’ve been investing so heavily in that airport. Let’s not forget, in this Chamber, that it was the Conservatives, and Andrew R. T. Davies, who was so critical moments ago, who wanted to close the airport. It was this Labour Government that saved the airport. It’s this Labour Government that’s made the airport an incredible success story. Let’s face facts here—[Interruption.] Let’s face facts here: if you want to look at who saved the airport, look to this front bench. It’s this Government that’s achieved the success of Cardiff Airport.