Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 29 March 2017.
I need to be absolutely clear: we will not bypass due diligence for any decision. And it’s in the interests of the Circuit of Wales developers to ensure that we move as speedily for the consultants, carrying out due diligence, as they did for me when I set that time frame of two weeks to bring forward a formal proposal.
In terms of bringing them all into the room, this is precisely what we have been asking for, and we have been applying immense pressure. We have been applying immense pressure to the developers to provide the information that is required of them by the consultants. With that information, due diligence can be completed. It is in the interests of the developers to bring forward that information so that the people of Ebbw Vale and the Valleys know whether this is a viable project.