Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 26 March 2019.

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Photo of Gareth Bennett Gareth Bennett UKIP 2:14, 26 March 2019

Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, a big part of your Welsh Government's economic strategy for Wales now appears to be the development of something that you and your Ministers are calling 'the foundational economy'. This is a phrase that has become popular with academics and politicians in Wales but which, to most ordinary people, means very little. But, even in political and academic circles, there is a danger that the meaning of the phrase 'the foundational economy' is so nebulous that it means very little in practical terms. What is your understanding of the term, and what practical assistance do you see your Welsh Government giving to help grow this part of the Welsh economy?