6. Statement by the Minister for Economy: Border Controls

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:00 pm on 28 June 2022.

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Photo of Carolyn Thomas Carolyn Thomas Labour 5:00, 28 June 2022

Could you ask that contractors in Holyhead engage with local partners to maximise opportunities for local workers, and also with the supply chains? And also, if you do have conversations with UK Government and HMRC, could you say that there is an existing Welsh Government-owned European-funded high-fibre network connection that could be utilised now by any telecoms carrier or internet service provider on a wholesale basis to provide high bandwidth and dark fibre capacity to the site? It's available immediately, so avoiding expensive insulation costs and allowing immediate access to any data, mobile and telecom requirements. I know FibreSpeed have been trying to make this point to HMRC, and they've just been saying that they need to get on the supplier provider list for procurement. That's not what they're asking. They actually just want to inform people that this is already in place, and nobody seems to be acknowledging it. So, could you take that forward, please?