Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 6 June 2017.
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. In March, your Cabinet Secretary told us that Ford management had told him that employment numbers would remain broadly the same until 2021. He also said that he thought that Ford management could communicate better with its employees and its members regarding the long-term objectives for the plant. Since then, can you tell us whether Ford has kept you informed of whether there have actually been any falls in order numbers, and if there have been any falls, how the guaranteed number of workers is being deployed at the plant—bearing in mind, of course, that they’ll have individual expertise—and, of course, whether they’ve been getting regular updates on that long-term objective and achievement against that?