Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:53 pm on 5 June 2018.
Minister, I'd like to welcome the statement that you've made here today. As a representative of a Valleys community, you'll be aware of my long-standing passion in regenerating communities such as my own, and a key part of that absolutely has to be bringing better jobs closer to home. So, it's really good to see the detail that you've set out for us today, and I particularly welcome the work that's been done at Bryn Pica eco park in my constituency on one of these projects.
My question to you is around the foundational economy. We know that the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport is running some pilot projects around this, and, clearly, procurement is one essential strand of the foundational economy. What mechanisms are in place for cross-Government working on this, so that lessons that are learned from the Better Jobs Closer to Home pilot can be absorbed into those foundational economy pilots as well?