Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:47 pm on 24 May 2022.
Not at all. Not at all, First Minister. In fact, if the model does prove to be successful, we will be the first to commend you for doing that. But many businesses in Wales who apply for Welsh Government funding have to provide business plans, have to provide robust financial projections, and, ultimately, they then either get the nod or they get the rejection of that money being made available. What we did learn last week was that there is no business plan because that has not been submitted; it is being worked up, as the Minister said on the Record, which you have read, First Minister. So, how is it that the Green Man Festival can secure £4.25 million-worth of Government support with no business plan, when any other business here in Wales would have to submit that very necessary piece of information to acquire even a fraction of that money to support their business plans?