Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 13 June 2017.
Thank you, Llywydd. If the leader of the house could update us on when we can expect that announcement. And, in that context, is it possible for the Government to correct the record in relation to a number of written answers that I’ve received from the Government that, it has subsequently emerged, are inaccurate? In one instance, I asked about when the Government was informed by the auditor general of his intention to publish the report on the Circuit of Wales. I was told the Government was informed on 13 April. It subsequently emerged they were verbally told for the first time on 10 March, and in writing on 17 March, six weeks before that.
I also asked whose idea it was to suggest an 80 per cent guarantee for the project. I was told it was the company that suggested it on 15 April. It’s subsequently emerged it was the Government that suggested it a week earlier. I received a letter from the Minister correcting the first set of questions, but that hasn’t been shared with Members, and of course the inaccurate record still stands, therefore, in the written questions. And in terms of the other issue, it was implicitly confirmed to the BBC yesterday that the account that I was given was inaccurate.
I think it is important that, before we have the statement from the Minister, Members have access to the accurate information and, indeed, not just the statement that we’ll hear in Plenary, but also of course the Public Accounts Committee, which is meeting to discuss the auditor general’s report, I believe, on 26 June.