Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport and North Wales – in the Senedd at 2:12 pm on 7 October 2020.
Thank you for that answer, Minister. You'll be aware because of your own constituency interests that Conwy and Denbighshire have a very vibrant tourism economy. They lost out, many of the tourism operators and the jobs that depend on those businesses, on the Easter season because of the lockdown earlier this year. The summer season started later than in any other part of the United Kingdom because of the Welsh Government continuing to cause those businesses to remain closed, and, of course, they now face the prospect, because of the local coronavirus restrictions, of not being able to receive any people travelling into Conwy and Denbighshire because of the travel restrictions that have been put in place.
I've had a number of businesses that have been in touch with me in recent days since the announcement last week. They are very, very concerned about the viability of their businesses. They say that livelihoods will almost certainly be lost as a result of those restrictions, and they do not feel that sufficient evidence has been published to demonstrate that they are proportionate. What work are you doing, as the economy Minister and the Minister for north Wales, to ensure that your Cabinet colleagues produce all of the information necessary so that tourism business owners and those who are employed by them can properly test whether these measures are actually proportionate?