Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:34 pm on 12 November 2019.
Thank you for the statement and for the early copy of it. I certainly agree—how could I not—on the importance of SMEs to the Welsh economy. The figures, as you've presented them, are quite shocking, if truth be told: 259,000 businesses, and 257,600 are micro and small and medium businesses. So, to say that they are the backbone of our economy is an understatement.