<p>Supporting Economic Growth </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 10 January 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:34, 10 January 2017

Well, the first thing we want to see is the UK Government making good on its commitment to electrify the line between Cardiff Central and west Wales. Now, they have not given a date on that. The original plan, of course, was to electrify to Cardiff, and then from Bridgend to Swansea, making me wonder what I’d done to upset them in such a way that there should be a gap between Bridgend and Cardiff. But, at the moment, there is no date for the electrification of that line. We need to have that date so we can proceed with the modernisation of the rail network, which we know will take more cars off the road.