Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:14 pm on 5 October 2022.
But it just does strike me that some of the criticism around the support given to events—. When the Olympics came to London—I was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Tessa Jowell at the time—it was universally derided by many Conservative Members as a waste of money, waste of investment, waste of time; we'd never get it. Then when we got it, everybody celebrated and said what a wonderful thing this was for Britain to have. So, I'd just ask for some latitude that when a Minister decides to actually support an event and bring it here to Wales, normally, they're doing it with the best intention, not because there's some grand conspiracy.