Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:11 pm on 3 April 2019.
It may well be that that statement's going to answer my question but I'm going to ask you just in case, because I was encouraged to hear from First Cymru that a prime example of co-ordinated bus timetables across counties could be found with the Maesteg-Cymmer service, where there are connections for onward journeys that are managed at Cymmer but start in a different county. The company's developed software recently to tell them of traffic delays so that they can contact drivers if one of the buses in that set-up is delayed and then other connecting buses can wait. The same company is talking about developing software to enable travellers to use one ticket in the Swansea valley and into Swansea even though more than one operator may be working on the particular route. I think we'd agree that mobility and connectivity is going to be pretty critical in regenerating Valleys economies and technologies enabling that. So, can you tell us a little bit more about how Welsh Government is using the budget allocation outside Tech Valleys, for general economic development, to speak with tech companies and persuade them that it's worth while setting up or expanding within the Valleys areas to become part of the circular economy in those areas, not just the foundational economy? Thank you.