Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:53 pm on 29 November 2017.
The meeting that was held in that area, I think, was a lively meeting where you had a lot of those views expressed. We are seeking to continue to ensure that we do hold public events across the whole of the Valleys region, to ensure that we are able to listen to and to move forward on the basis of what we hear. One of the issues that we've found through the last year or so of public engagement, as the Member well knows, is that this is a plan from the Valleys and not just for the Valleys. It's something that has been designed for people in the Valleys, across the whole of the Valleys.
But, at the same time, we need to take strategic decisions, and it is simply not possible to have a strategic hub in every single valley, in every single constituency, in every single town and village across the whole of the Valleys region. That is the last thing we need at the moment. We need bold, strategic visions. We need delivery, we need investment and we need to bring people together. This Government needs to act as a leader and a catalyst, and this Government will certainly do that.