Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 29 March 2017.
Yes, I can. The number of jobs promised by the project developers will be thoroughly scrutinised by the consultants that are carrying out the due diligence process. The fit-and-proper-person tests began this week. There is a market appraisal being carried out by consultants who are looking at the potential job gains from the project, as well as the viability of the project as a whole in the current marketplace. I think it’s absolutely essential that the people of the Valleys, and, in particular, in Ebbw Vale, have a clear understanding and appreciation of the potential of this project, alongside, and potentially in addition to, other major schemes that are being forward by investors across the Valleys region, including but not exclusively limited to the Caerau Park investment, the Trago Mills investment at Merthyr Tydfil, and also the potential for a major planetarium in Hirwaun. All of these projects have huge potential, individually and collectively.