<p>The Enterprise Zone in Port Talbot</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 2 May 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:01, 2 May 2017

Well, we haven’t conducted that analysis as yet. What I can say, however, to the Member, just to reassure him, is that I have a prison in my Constituency. In fact, it was built when I was the ward councillor in my ward. Indeed, people were concerned and they were worried about what the impact of the prison might be. The reality is it hasn’t had a negative impact at all. In fact, it employs a large number of people locally and it’s provided work for a large number of contractors. So, whilst I can well understand some of his constituents being concerned—and he has represented the views of those constituents this afternoon—the experience that we have in Bridgend is that the prison itself—. In fact, there’s a housing estate being built next to it as we speak. So, the prison quickly becomes integrated into the life of the community and it can, in fact, be a job creator.

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constituency

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