Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 19 September 2017.
I’m pleased that there is growing support for this idea. It’s something that Mike Hedges has raised in the Chamber previously and something that I’ve spoken on as well. When we met the shadow board as a group of local Assembly Members last December, they said that transport infrastructure was not part of their thinking on the city deals. I’m pleased that things have moved on on that. But it’s something I’ve also mentioned to the Association of British Ports, which affects a number of the constituencies within the deal area, who have a strong record on logistics and who seem to be playing no part in the city deal discussion at all. So, I’m wondering, if a feasibility study were to be commissioned, will it include a space for the ports within the deal area, and will there be space within the city deal for any findings of that report, even accepting that the financial support for the city deal is pretty generous?