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Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:39 pm on 17 November 2020.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 1:39, 17 November 2020

First Minister, I wonder if I could ask you about what can be learned from the Scottish example. EU funds have in the past been used to invest in infrastructure, as we know, and as Dave Rees has just alluded to. Do you share my view that our National Infrastructure Commission for Wales could not only learn some valuable lessons from the experiences in Scotland, where their commission is committed to being outward looking, forward thinking and innovative, but we could radically rethink our strategy to attract investment in Wales, as we move out of the pandemic and grow back greener—however you want to describe it—as there are ways to work differently in the future and make the most of the funds that we do have?