Unemployment Rates

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:32 pm on 21 November 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:32, 21 November 2017

It's an interesting suggestion. There is a university in Aberystwyth, of course. It's not in Powys, I understand, which many of us will know, but he makes the point specifically about Powys. That will be a matter for discussion between, I suspect, Coleg Powys as the further education provider and any particular university. He's right to say that the way to drive GVA up is through investment in skills. We know productivity is a problem in the UK and in Wales. We know that the more skills people have, the more productive they become, the more they can put into their own pockets in terms of their income. So, if there were such a proposal to be made, it would be something, I think, which would be helpful to the local economy.