<p>Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:49 pm on 22 November 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:49, 22 November 2016

[Continues.]—he sat there while thousands upon thousands—30,000 jobs—were lost in the mining industry in Wales. And now he is saying that we’re not doing enough to protect coal jobs. The reality is that if we were to have more coal-fired power stations, we would have to import the coal. Germany is in a difficult position because it relies heavily on Russia for the gas that it has to import, and given the current state of world affairs, that is an uncomfortable situation for Germany to be in. I do not think, in terms of energy security for Britain, that importing more of our energy in the form of coal is the way forward.