The Economic Development of Town Centres

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 3 March 2021.

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Photo of Dawn Bowden Dawn Bowden Labour 2:29, 3 March 2021

Thank you for that answer, Deputy Minister. I was very pleased that, last week, when the Minister Ken Skates announced the reconstruction mission for Wales, this enshrined the principle of town centres first. Now, my particular concern is to ensure a better connected digital future that will sit alongside developments like the new bus station, metro services, road improvements on the Heads of the Valleys road, and so on. So, can you please confirm that, as part of this change, we will help to deliver a digital high street, ensuring that commercial, leisure and hospitality facilities can provide the best digital offer in order to underpin the versatility and flexibility of uses that towns in our Valleys will need in the years ahead?