Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:59 pm on 10 January 2018.
Well, we should start talking up Wales and the Welsh economy, particularly in those areas where we're appreciating significant success. The Member who represents north Wales, next to David Rowlands, is laughing at this, but the Member lives in a county where we have record levels of employment, where the GVA of the county is higher than virtually any other county in Wales, and is near the average for the north, and rising, where we have invested in companies recently, such as Hotpack, where we've worked with the likes of Tata steel, where we've worked continually with Airbus and other major employers to maximise employment opportunities and to create new, high-quality jobs. We will continue to do that in the coming years, and we will drive up opportunities for employment in higher value industries and the industries of tomorrow, utilising the economic action plan as the basis for creating a new economy based on new and emerging technologies and green growth.