Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 11 January 2017.
Thank you for that response. Further to that, the Welsh Government’s infrastructure investment plan lists some 350 investments across Wales, with a total value of over £40 billion. You will be aware of that, I’m sure. Clearly, capital settlements provided by the UK Government, or the limited borrowing powers of this Assembly, will enable us to deliver all of those infrastructure improvements required over the next few years. Given the fact that the consultation on creating a national infrastructure commission for Wales, or NICW, is now closed—it closed on Monday—what discussions are you to have with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure on devising an innovative funding system that will enable us to deliver more of these necessary projects, something similar to the vision put forward by Plaid Cymru for the body—our NICW as compared with your NICW?