<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 15 March 2017.

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Photo of Adam Price Adam Price Plaid Cymru 1:45, 15 March 2017

(Translated)

I’m grateful to the Cabinet Secretary for his considered response. Now, we heard in the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee this morning some concern expressed by the Bevan Foundation, for example, and by Professor Karel Williams, that there is an overdependence on the model and the map, which is, in the south, based on the city regions, and, in the north, based on the growth deal for north Wales, and the risk of actually diluting the focus on those most deprived areas in the northern Valleys, for example, or the north-west of Wales. Will he look at the alternative ideas that are being proposed by the Bevan Foundation in terms of creating an enterprise zone for the Valleys, and by my own party in terms of creating a new version of the Development Board for Rural Wales and also a development body that is purpose-built for the Valleys?