Part of 4. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:30 pm on 6 March 2019.
Can I associate myself with everything said by Dai Lloyd and David Rees? What I would like also to say, of course, is that the seventy-fifth biggest company in the SA region is the Ospreys. The eighty-fourth biggest company in the SA region is the Scarlets. We're talking about major employers. Many of my constituents have been worried, since it was talked about, that they would not have a job. And relocating to north Wales to be a ticket salesperson, I would suggest, is not really on the cards, and Llanelli will have more than they'll need if there's a merger anyway. So, what I'm saying is: will the Welsh Government look at this from an economic point of view, as opposed to a sporting point of view—and my interest in sport is well known, I think, to almost everybody in this room, but, from an economic point of view, and also the economic benefit that my constituency gets, having the Liberty stadium there, from events taking place there, from the rugby matches taking place there, the 8,000 to 10,000 people who turn up, who bring money into the area for the benefit of our local economy? Our local economy in Swansea cannot afford to lose jobs, it cannot afford to lose people coming in and spending money. Will the Welsh Government look at this from the economic point of view? I'm very upset from a sports view, and very upset, as David Rees is, from the point of view of providing support within the community, but what I'm more worried about is people losing their jobs, and a loss of employment and a loss of money in my constituency.