Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:47 pm on 7 February 2018.
Could I ask the Cabinet Secretary just to address specifically the detailed questions that I asked him and, indeed, I asked officials on Monday? So, was the company told, in advance of the Cabinet's decision, about the assessment that the Permanent Secretary described in terms of the need to reduce the guarantee further? And, also, were they told on the preceding Friday, before the Cabinet decision, that there were no major problems? Now, the issue of balance sheet classification was core to the Government's rejection of the proposal. We know from information provided by the Permanent Secretary that advice was provided by the Welsh Treasury on balance sheet classification on 20 June last year. Now, there's some ambiguity following Monday's evidence as to whether the official or officials that provided that advice on classification on 20 June were fully aware of a number of relevant details about the project. Specifically, again, can I ask the Cabinet Secretary if the official or officials in the Welsh Treasury that gave that classification advice on 20 June were aware, at that time, that the guarantee only commenced when the project was completed?