Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:12 pm on 28 February 2018.
I think most of us Valleys AMs, Cabinet Secretary, are very supportive of the strategic hub—I was trying to think of the words there—in the plan. I think identifying opportunities to invest in the social and economic conditions in communities like the upper Rhymney valley and in your own constituency of Blaenau Gwent forms an important consideration of the public sector partners on the city region board. I've said before that no-one should object to us investing regionally in projects in Newport and in Cardiff and some of the big conurbations, but I'm sure you'd agree with me that the real success is going to come when we see real, sustainable growth and success in places like the upper Rhymney valley.