Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 14 November 2018.
Cabinet Secretary, the high street, so-called, in many of our isolated communities in our Valleys or our rural areas may only consist of a single retail premises. That single shop, actually, is the lifeline for many communities, especially if public transport disappears after 5 o'clock in the evening. Will you consider looking at the opportunities you can provide for relief for those types of businesses, which, without that relief, may lose the income they have and basically end up in debt and consequently shut down? They are a lifeline to those communities. If there's no bus transportation, people can't go anywhere else and they can't get at those needs there.