Part of 5. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:08 pm on 8 July 2020.
Can I thank Helen Mary Jones for her questions? I will most certainly keep Members updated on any developments. We are keeping communications open, of course, with Ineos. But in order to turn that decision around, I think it would require direct contributions from the Prime Minister, given how close the Prime Minister and his colleagues are to the person that owns Ineos. I'm sure that the Prime Minister will be in direct contact with the company in the coming days. I hope that he will be able to secure the project for the UK, but I'm not holding out too much hope that that will happen, and I wouldn't wish to offer false hope to anybody who is aspiring to work within the Ineos factory in Bridgend.
Within the economic action plan, investment in indigenous growth is at the very heart of our attempt to drive inclusive and fair growth across Wales, and we are fully committed to growing the foundational economy, to strengthening it, and to ensure that the missing middle is addressed in a way that has been addressed in other countries, including, for example, in Germany. There are two alternative proposals for the Ford site itself, which we're working through, and in addition to that, as I said in my answer to Caroline Jones, we're also looking at the gigafactory potential for the Bro Tathan site.