Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 2 May 2018.

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Photo of Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Independent 1:45, 2 May 2018

We very much welcome the UK Government's intervention on the creative industries deal. We have developed, and will be announcing, the precise nature of the activity of Creative Wales and its location within Government, which is shared by the Cabinet Secretary and myself. This will become clear very soon, and I'll be very pleased to meet with the Member and to discuss this issue in greater detail, in particular in its application to the Swansea city deal, about which I know she is particularly interested.

Turning to the broader issue of broadcasting, we have the announcement from Channel 4 of their intention to relocate. We are looking here for one of the hubs, because there's already been an announcement of three new nations and regions hubs, to be coming to Wales, and there is also the issue of the location of the national headquarters to be opened in 2019, and we see this as something that certainly we would campaign for, and have already campaigned for as a Government, with the support of the media industry in Wales.