Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 6 June 2017.
I think people will draw their own conclusion, First Minister, on why this decision has been pushed beyond the general election. But, on the wider theme of openness, I’ve been told in written answers by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure that the idea of an 80 per cent Government guarantee, which was at the heart of the proposal that you rejected last year, was first suggested by the company in mid April 2016. Now, that isn’t accurate, First Minister; it was your Government, with the direct knowledge of your own private office, that suggested this as an alternative to a 100 per cent guarantee in the first week of April. So, will you now take the opportunity to correct the record?