<p>Promoting Wales to the World</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 4 July 2017.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 2:08, 4 July 2017

Can I thank the First Minister for that response? I think we all—or most of us really enjoyed Wales’s success last year at the Euros, and that we really did see Wales being promoted as a major player in Europe because of it. I think it is, of course, crucial that Sport Wales also realises the importance of professional sport in Wales. Does the First Minister agree with me, regarding Swansea City Association Football Club and the importance of Premiership football for promoting Swansea and Wales? Thirty-eight Premiership games a year are shown on television throughout the world with the word ‘Swansea’ being mentioned. That’s the best publicity Swansea or Wales get from anywhere. Is the First Minister also very pleased that Swansea are spending yet another season in the Premiership?