Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 16 November 2016.
I’m very grateful for the Member’s question. I’m not familiar with the delays that he assumes are related to the Government. What I do know is that the VVP investment in Swansea will lever in about £103 million in additional investment and accommodate 675 new jobs in 14,000 sq m of newly refurbished commercial space. Indeed, pressing on with the creation of change to the central business district on the Kingsway, VVP funding has been able to acquire some of those difficult buildings that the Member talks about. The one that he may be familiar with is the former Oceana nightclub, which, indeed, has been purchased for transformation in that particular area. We should be very positive about Swansea council and the opportunity that they’re bringing to the communities that they represent.