Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:32 pm on 20 June 2017.
On 8 April, I and my colleagues, Dawn Bowden and Rhianon Passmore, held a local summit of our own to discuss the Cardiff capital region deal, at which Alun Davies spoke very well. [Interruption.] The event was attended by representatives of the local authority, local employers—he was heckling me there, reminding me to mention it—further and higher education and transport providers. One of the key themes to come out of the event was the importance of sharing social capital across local supply chains in the northern Valleys, where collaboration between local firms is as important, if not more important than competition between them. Would the First Minister, therefore, recognise that regional growth deals need to accept the importance of social capital, strong local procurement and the views of indigenous businesses if the capital deals are to be successful?