Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:11 pm on 12 December 2017.
First Minister, the economic action plan that's just been published says that Government will be able to
'utilise the regional approach as a glue to bring together and integrate the interventions of the Valleys Taskforce and City Deals.'
Now, what that says to me is that the singular focus on the unique problems and opportunities of the Valleys will be lost. The Valleys taskforce has been disbanded, there's been no new money put on the table that I'm currently aware of, and so, without a structure to deliver it, without a specific budget, won't this strategy be just, once again, a long list of very good intentions that, unfortunately, won't be delivered upon?