Figures from Lloyds Bank have shown that 40 per cent fewer businesses were established in the last five years in Pembrokeshire, Gwynedd, Ceredigion and Anglesey, as compared with a fall of 26 per cent across Wales and 20 per cent in England. Is the First Minister willing to look into why the figures are so very different in the westerly counties as compared with places such as Blaenau Gwent, where there’s been a decline of only 8 per cent? The award goes to Merthyr, where a decline of less than 0.5 per cent was seen. Will the First Minister ask his Ministers to look at this issue on what’s happening in west Wales on this particular topic?
