Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:04 pm on 2 May 2017.
Well, the decision to build the prison is not ours. Prisons are not devolved. We’ll examine, of course, any and all the consequences of building a prison. Bridgend already has a prison, of course, so if people are moving to Bridgend then the prison hasn’t affected their decision in that regard, but it is important that all these things are considered very, very carefully. It’s important that the UK Government makes very clear what it believes the prison can deliver, not just in terms of prison capacity, but also in terms of the local economy, and for them to make the case for the prison, and we’ll examine carefully what their case is.