Community Cohesion in Mid and West Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip (in respect of her portfolio responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:38 pm on 6 December 2017.

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Photo of Mr Neil Hamilton Mr Neil Hamilton UKIP 2:38, 6 December 2017

I thought her zeal and her courtesy in her previous incarnation was much appreciated, and I wish her well in her new position.

She may remember that I raised recently with the First Minister the case of Amazon in Jersey Marine advertising for workers through the Central European Recruitment and Contract Services Ltd. The company had contacted one of my constituents to say that they wanted to rent rooms so that these workers could occupy those rooms on an eight-hour shift basis, so three workers in one day. Would the leader of the house agree with me that this does nothing for promoting social cohesion because it creates resentment, certainly amongst low-paid people, because these are not well-paid jobs that are being advertised? The Swansea travel-to-work area, of course, extends well into Carmarthenshire. And as Amazon, which is, I'm sure, a perfectly good employer, received grants from the Welsh Government to persuade them to come to Jersey Marine five or six years ago, the Welsh Government ought to discourage Amazon from using companies of this kind, because that does breed resentment amongst ordinary people, and we all want to discourage that kind of resentment and promote community cohesion.