Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:10 pm on 8 February 2017.
I’m grateful for your taking the intervention. There are two points I’d wish to put to you. One is the fact that the Welsh economy is connected to the economy over the border in England and therefore it’s entirely appropriate that we should consider what is going on over the border. Secondly, you had a Deputy First Minister who was responsible for the economy for a number of years while I’ve been an Assembly Member. I can remember trying to get a manufacturing strategy out of the Deputy First Minister for many, many years. It was finally produced in his last year in Government and it was a simple, two-sided page document that did nothing to enhance the manufacturing industry here in Wales. What action do you think your party has contributed to the economic decline that we’ve seen in Wales in recent years?