The Football World Cup

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy – in the Senedd at 1:40 pm on 15 June 2022.

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Photo of Laura Anne Jones Laura Anne Jones Conservative 1:40, 15 June 2022

Minister, it's an incredible opportunity for Wales to have qualified for the World Cup. I know we're all delighted and offer them congratulations on their incredible achievement. As we've outlined already, there are a multitude of opportunities that stem from this for our economy and for the whole of Wales in a multitude of ways. It's an incredible amount of money that has already benefited our economy, and, of course, if they were to reach the semi-final of the World Cup, Robert Page predicts it could provide an even bigger amount of money—£30 million—for the FAW. These moneys offer the Welsh Government an unique opportunity, as Delyth outlined just now, to reinvest that money and truly level up sporting facilities across Wales, showing our commitment, as we will later in the Senedd in today's Plenary session, to future generations. How is this Government going to work with the FAW to ensure that any financial gains from this World Cup are reinvested back into sporting facilities, particularly grass roots, as the chief executive of the FAW has suggested?