Safe Standing Facilities in Football Stadiums

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:19 pm on 5 February 2020.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 2:19, 5 February 2020

Thank you for that response, Deputy Minister. I appreciate you and I have had discussions on this previously, and you've responded via a ministerial letter indicating that Welsh Government wouldn't be supporting such a reintroduction. It is a fact, though, that at the recent Westminster general election three parties—the Liberals, the Labour Party and the governing party, the Conservative Party—had this as a manifesto commitment. And Nigel Adams, the sports Minister, has now had a report on this very subject. Could I encourage you, Minister, to engage with the sports Minister in Westminster so that Welsh stadiums aren't left behind? We do have teams, such as Cardiff, Swansea and Newport, playing in the English football league, and it's important that, from a Government point of view, where assistance might or might not be offered, we are in those negotiations and discussions, so that stadiums in Wales do not get left behind when this proposal is enacted at Westminster.