Part of 2. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 1:35 pm on 25 January 2017.
It was good to hear Charles Hendry briefing Members of the Assembly at lunchtime, and one of the points that he made, of course, is that it is his recommendation that there should be a delay after the development of the first project in order to learn lessons from it. One understands why that would be beneficial, but there is recognition in that regard that that may create problems for the new supply chains that we intend to develop around the Swansea project. Whilst he is calling on the UK Government to demonstrate a long-term plan in terms of major projects, he’s also suggesting that we need to look at a series of smaller projects in order to maintain the supply chain in the interim, until we reach the point where we can be confident in moving forward with a number of larger projects. Can I ask what work the Welsh Government is undertaking to identify the potential for a series of smaller projects along the Welsh coastline in order to ensure that that supply chain does have the medium-term resilience and sustainability to survive the long term?