Helping to Tackle Poverty

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 20 March 2019.

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Photo of Dawn Bowden Dawn Bowden Labour 2:16, 20 March 2019

Thank you for that answer, Minister. As you know, we still face significant economic challenges in our Valleys communities and the problems caused by poverty remain persistently stubborn in parts of my constituency. While I was interested in the answer that you gave earlier to Hefin David on the foundational economy, I'm interested to know specifically how this might help to deliver the step change in the economic conditions for areas particularly like the upper Rhymney valley, which has been stubbornly resistant to any kind of economic upturn. I'm thinking, for example, of the Welsh Government's work with Caerphilly County Borough Council, where we're investing in the transformation of care in the upper Rhymney valley, and whether you're involved in that work and whether you see that as part of the whole foundational economy transformation that we can look at in those Valleys communities.