Selling Wales to the World

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:19 pm on 16 October 2019.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 2:19, 16 October 2019

I wanted to focus on recommendation 5 and the remit of overseas offices and how they should be communicated to businesses and how they can be maximised. I know, for example, that you have three offices in India, but I'm also aware of many businesses with Indian bases here in Wales who don't have any communication whatsoever from Welsh Government, and they do their own missions to India, and would welcome support, I think, from Welsh Government to know how they could be able to link up with those offices. So, what is the remit, and if they are doing work with businesses, what are those businesses, and how can we make sure that businesses that want the support of Welsh Government in these countries are getting what they deserve?