8. 8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Economic Development in the South Wales Valleys

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:45 pm on 17 May 2017.

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Photo of Mr Neil Hamilton Mr Neil Hamilton UKIP 5:45, 17 May 2017

I hope I can pour a little consensual oil on the troubled waters of the relationship between Plaid Cymru and the Labour Party. Anybody would think, from the last few speeches and interventions, that there was an election campaign going on. UKIP can agree with Plaid Cymru’s motion today, and, indeed, with the Conservative amendment. The motion itself is a standing indictment of the failure of all Governments for the last couple of generations to do something about the situation that exists, and was so graphically illustrated by Steffan Lewis in his speech, and has existed for many, many decades. It’s something that should trouble us all, but the one thing that you can’t say credibly, I think, is that this is due to the present Government’s policy of so-called austerity. I mean—