<p>Economic Development in South-east Wales</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:31 pm on 7 March 2017.

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Photo of Steffan Lewis Steffan Lewis Plaid Cymru 1:31, 7 March 2017

A report by the What Works Centre for Wellbeing published recently, identified four south-east local authorities as ranking among the highest for well-being inequality. These included Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Merthyr Tydfil. The report makes clear that there are a number of contributory factors, of course, and a number of possible solutions, but we shouldn’t dismiss the indicators that were used, which included how worth while people feel about their day-to-day lives. Economic development is going to be central to addressing those very deep feelings in those communities. Will the First Minister commit to rejecting now a trickle-down approach to economic development, and instead put on record his commitment to a place-based approach so that any future economic plans he reveals for this country are centred on what really matters, which is people and their communities?