Diversifying the Economy of South Wales West

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 26 February 2020.

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Photo of Suzy Davies Suzy Davies Conservative 2:06, 26 February 2020

Minister, the Swansea bay city deal, of course, is founded on the commercialisation of innovation, not least in decarbonising energy sources west of my region, but I'm pleased with progress within my region. I've raised the prospects about the national steel innovation centre with you before, so I am pleased to hear that Neath Port Talbot's projects for that and tackling climate change have now been signed off by the joint board—any new jobs are going to be welcome, although there are more factors than just that. But I do remain nervous about delays within the system that we've seen from both Governments interrogating previous projects. Can you tell me what you've learned from those processes in testing the viability of projects brought before you already that help you speed up the process of deciding when money can be released?