Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:57 pm on 16 January 2019.
Minister, already today, in answering questions, you and the Deputy Minister have spoken about regional development, some of the new organisation for that and the new drive that you wish to see behind it.
Newport, Cardiff and Bristol have been talking and working together for some time in terms of development across that area. The abolition of the tolls on the Severn crossings, I think, gives new impetus in terms of the possibility and the potential, and at the same time we know that there is critical mass across the area in terms of people, businesses, organisations right across the sectors. So, given that potential, given those advantages and the new structures, the new drive that Welsh Government seeks, the role of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, could you tell me how that area of Wales will feature in the early action that you expect to see?