Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 10 January 2018.
Well, that's the test: whether they're willing to actually put money aside for something that they say they're open to consider. At the moment, they're open to proposals, and that's why I'm keen to make sure that the Growing Mid Wales partnership develops a set of proposals and an overarching vision that makes a compelling case for developing a subsequent growth deal bid. We are in discussions with the Wales Office insofar as the support that the Wales Office could give to a growth deal bid, but as we develop those proposals, I'm keen to make sure that partners in mid Wales meet with UK Government Ministers as well as myself to take forward this important agenda. I don't think that we can afford to have mid Wales left behind where the rest of Wales develops under city and growth deals. It's simply unjust.