Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 7 February 2018.
Thank you. And having secured total agreement on that early part of my reply, I'll carry on.
The development of professional sport is the pinnacle of a pathway system, and I have never seen any contradiction between investing in community sport and professional sport, because it is out of communities that the professionals grow. The Welsh Government provides funding for the Welsh Football Trust, for example, to support the development of football, which enables young people to have better quality opportunities to play, and can lead to progressing, as I said, to the professional level. One million pounds, including lottery funding, went to support Welsh football last year, channelled via Sport Wales to the FAW Trust.