Emergency Question: Carillion

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 16 January 2018.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:37, 16 January 2018

Well, the Member is right that, while the direct exposure of the Welsh public service to Carillion is modest, that does not mean to say that there aren't businesses and subcontractors in Wales who, in the other aspects of Carillion's work, may well now find themselves exposed as a result of Carillion's demise. So, officials of the Welsh Government are carrying out the necessary work to try to identify where those difficulties may lie. We are in discussions both with the Federation of Small Businesses and the Confederation of Business Industry about that and using the networks that the Welsh Government has across Wales, so that if there are difficulties that emerge of the sort that the Member has identified, we are alert to them and are able to offer such help as we are able to in those circumstances.