OECD Report on the Future of Regional Development and Public Investment

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:20 pm on 22 September 2020.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 2:20, 22 September 2020

Thank you for that. One of the findings in the report is the impact of the continued austerity inflicted on Wales by the UK Government spending plans. That austerity did reduce local authority investment in industries, and other forms of money that we would have expected to have come to Wales, and it was purely a political decision.

So, what discussions have you had with the UK Chancellor to highlight the impact that their politically imposed austerity measures are having, and will have, on Wales if they carry on along that track? And will you ask Simon Hart, the Secretary of State for Wales, to start acting in the interests of Wales and respect the devolution settlement?