Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Economy – in the Senedd at 3:01 pm on 11 May 2022.
James Evans
Conservative
3:01,
11 May 2022
I'd like to thank the Minister for his answer. Many communities and towns right across rural mid Wales—that's in Brecon and Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and in Ceredigion—would really benefit from an area of an enterprise zone so that they could have better growth opportunities for the businesses that live there, better planning decisions for the people who are there, a better business environment, and we could even look at having a tourism board to encourage people there. So, Minister, will you look again at this and please look to introduce an enterprise zone in mid Wales to benefit those businesses so that mid Wales is not left out yet again?
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