<p>Enterprise Zones</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 18 July 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:55, 18 July 2017

Well, success, of course, involves creating more jobs. It does not involve creating another shopping park, which, as the Member rightly says, happened in the lower Swansea valley in the early 1980s. I can say, in terms of governance, that the Cabinet Secretary met with the enterprise zone board chairs on 12 June to have an initial discussion around enterprise zone governance and the future direction of the enterprise zone programme in Wales. I know that the Cabinet Secretary plans to meet the chairs again at the end of the summer to continue those discussions, focusing on ensuring that future arrangements meet the requirements of the Government and emerging Government policy.