Attracting Events to Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:45 pm on 8 January 2020.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 2:45, 8 January 2020

I think 2034 is quite a long time frame, it's quite a long horizon for us to be working towards. It's got to be made clear that this has got to be balanced out against other initiatives that are also in play. For example, the new Prime Minister has said that he's very keen to host the football world cup. There are opportunities and we just have to work out—we can't do everything—which one of these we want to plump for. Of course, they're expensive, to host these events, but there are real opportunities as well. To get the attention of the world on us is an opportunity that we shouldn't miss. But I think 2034 is probably too far away in terms of the horizon scanning that we're doing.