Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 16 January 2019.

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Photo of Russell George Russell George Conservative 1:37, 16 January 2019

Can I thank the Minister for his answer and welcome him back to the post in the new Government?

Of course, you talked there about the implementation of the plan, but what I want to understand is the detail of that. Certainly, at the meeting of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee in January, Members asked you about the delivery of the new economic action plan, and at that meeting, when asked by committee members about the detail of delivering the action plan, you said that discussions were under way between the Welsh Government and relevant stakeholders and that more details would follow in the spring. So, I submitted a written question in the spring and asked for progress on the economic contract and the calls for action—of course, two key components of the plan—and in your answer, you said that,

'We have been discussing our approach with businesses and other organisations across Wales'.

So, again, I asked you in a written question just before Christmas—just last month—and in your answer then you said that your planned measures included refining your approach in 2019 and taking forward work to develop challenge proposals with groups of businesses. So, my concern here, Minister, is that there is talk about plans but nothing that we can tangibly see. All I hear about is plans: plans to deliver a plan and then to deliver the next plan. So, I will ask, Minister: has the delivery of the action plan stalled, and, again, when will we and businesses see progress tangibly on the ground?