Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:48 pm on 15 March 2017.
We had a perhaps less considered dialogue a few days ago across this Chamber on the question of the balance of investment by Welsh Government across our regions, and let me emphasise that there is nothing I would say that would be anti-Cardiff in any sense, but would the Cabinet Secretary be willing to commission research so that we have statistics to look at the gulf that exists and has been there over a period of decades in terms of investment by Welsh Government in the various regions?
And, finally, in focusing on a golden opportunity for the Valleys, I’m not going to ask him to tell us what the Welsh Government’s decision will be, but this is part of his remit, could the Cabinet Secretary tells us whether any decision or any announcement on the Circuit of Wales will be affected or impacted by Welsh Government rules on purdah within local government, which will come into force in 10 days’ time? As it is an announcement of national importance, perhaps it won’t affected by purdah.