Leaving the EU: Effect on Wales

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 April 2017.

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Photo of Alun Cairns Alun Cairns The Secretary of State for Wales 12:00, 26 April 2017

My hon. Friend regularly shows a great interest in Wales and he obviously knows a lot about the Welsh economy. He mentions the high-tech sectors. We have seen the expansion of General Dynamics, which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence and I visited a couple of weeks ago. On that same day, we both handed over the Red Dragon super-hangar to Aston Martin. These are real jobs that are being created by real investors creating new opportunities.

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