Patterns of Self-employment

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:00 pm on 24 October 2017.

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Photo of Adam Price Adam Price Plaid Cymru 2:00, 24 October 2017

(Translated)

One of the most striking things in the report is this fact: namely, that 38 per cent of the total jobs growth in Wales over the past 10 years can be attributed to the self-employed. Over the same period, there’s been no net increase in the inward investment sector. And again, and I quote from the report:

‘the language of economic policy-making is massively skewed toward the importance of securing foreign-owned inward investment.’

Does the First Minister accept the figures provided by the FSB, and if so, does he accept the need to change emphasis now to indigenous businesses and the self-employed?