7. United Kingdom Independence Party Debate: Upland Livestock

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:57 pm on 19 September 2018.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 5:57, 19 September 2018

Could I just seek clarification on your GVA figure? Because there's an example the First Minister uses very often about how people work in Cardiff but live in the Valleys and so that's why the GVA looks low in the Valleys. I made the point to you about the processing sector predominantly now being in England for milk, for beef in particular, so surely that indicates that the value that we're producing here in Wales is being taken out of Wales and being attributed to England's GVA. Do you not recognise we need to do far more to develop processing here in Wales so we can retain more value here in Wales that would help those GVA figures out?