Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:00 pm on 17 November 2020.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:00, 17 November 2020

What we will do, Llywydd, as I've said, is put our energy and our commitment to the steel industry in Wales at the service of the company and the UK Government in the discussions that they need to have. That is the way forward for this industry at this point. Now, there are many things that Adam Price said to which I am, myself, attracted. I had the privilege of spending a week in Mondragon, while a Member of this Senedd, and saw the fantastic work that has been achieved there. I think I said last week, Llywydd, that I'd received a letter from the President of the Basque Country that day, inviting Welsh Ministers to further discussions with the Basque Government about mutual ways in which we can learn from one another and help one another. But on the narrow point of what needs to happen next in relation to the very important steel industry and its impact on communities here in Wales, the efforts of the Welsh Government are not going to be distracted into alternatives at this point. Our efforts are concentrated on discussions with the company, persuading the UK Government, getting them properly around the table, finding a way forward that protects those communities and those jobs.