Build Back Better

Part of 4. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his European Transition Minister responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 12:41 pm on 15 July 2020.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 12:41, 15 July 2020

Minister, I must admit that I do like the expression 'build back better', it's got a certain catchiness to it, but, of course, what matters is that it actually works on the ground and that we do see really positive policy changes to make sure that there is change as we come out of the pandemic. Whilst I would agree with all of those areas that John Griffiths rightly cited as areas for improvement, above all of those, I would suggest that the Welsh Government looks seriously again at digital infrastructure and broadband, because if we can get broadband connections right, then there'll be less reliance in the first instance on public transport, on the motor car, on our road network. I know that there are many people who've been working from home over the last few months who would like to go on doing that as much as possible if that infrastructure was there. So, could you tell us what you are doing to make sure that, as we build back better, we build back broadband better—that's a bit difficult to say—as we come out of the pandemic so that we are taking that pressure off other modes of transport at the very outset?