Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 31 January 2017.
In regard to your White Paper on exiting the EU, First Minister, there’s much I can agree on. But there does appear to be a lack of strategic planning to leverage the opportunities, I think, to grow the Welsh economy. We know that Welsh exports were down in 2015 and new business start-ups since 2011 have reduced by 26 per cent. So, in growing the Welsh economy, how is your paper linking with your prosperous and secure strategy that your Cabinet Secretary talked about last week? What Welsh Government plans are there to reverse the export declines and indeed support particularly new business start-ups?