2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 24 May 2022.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 2:32, 24 May 2022

Thank you. You're quite right; there are many exciting things going on in my constituency of Wrexham at the moment. We won't say anything about the result on Sunday, but we're certainly looking forward to the semi-final of the play-offs on Saturday. I think acquiring city status for Wrexham is positive, but what I think is really important now is that Wrexham County Borough Council really grasp the opportunities, the economic opportunities particularly, that they certainly believed pursuing city status would bring. I've certainly looked at other towns that got city status—I think 20 years ago it was Newport, 10 years ago it was St Asaph, which you'll know very well—and I think it is really important that that ambition is there to grasp those economic opportunities.