Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 22 November 2016.
Already this month the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has announced the establishment of an infrastructure bank for Canada. The former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating, has called for the same for Australia. Hillary Clinton had campaigned in favour of an infrastructure bank, and, although Trump had opposed that, the President-elect has just said that he wishes to create an infrastructure bank for the United States. Isn’t it time for us in Wales now to take this opportunity, particularly as we’re about to lose the only infrastructure bank that we have at present, which is the EIB?