Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 6 December 2017.
Llywydd, I've had very recent correspondence with the EIB on behalf of some important Welsh interests that we are looking to continue to take forward. We've always had a very close relationship with the EIB. Adam Price and I both met with Jonathan Taylor, senior vice-president of the EIB, when he was in Wales in the last 12 months. I think it's just fair to say, Llywydd, that, from the EIB's perspective, they remain focused on their relationship with the member state rather than with Wales as a separate constitutional entity. That doesn't mean to say that we don't pursue Welsh interests with them. I have to admit that I was not myself much aware of the Council of Europe Development Bank, but I'm very happy to say that we will take a look at it as a Government to see whether there are new possibilities there for us in the Brexit context.