Regenerating Welsh High Streets

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:35 pm on 6 March 2019.

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Photo of Russell George Russell George Conservative 1:35, 6 March 2019

Trefnydd, I believe that business improvement districts are a good way of seeing businesses and local community councils working together, and it's a good model I do believe, and Newtown is going through that process at the moment. Is it intended that any of the financial proceeds from a potential bid will be channelled through town and community councils so that they can work on behalf of their communities to influence the impact of other outcomes of bids? And, also, can you give consideration, along with your colleagues, of course, to provide further funding to extend this model to other towns across Powys through the allocation of the funding for specific area-based improvement district schemes, because I think they are very beneficial, particularly for, for example, improving tourism in a town centre?