Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by John P Smith (Labour). It was answered on Wednesday, 10 October 2007 on behalf of the Wales Office.

Economic Inactivity

Question: Does my right hon. Friend agree that economic inactivity in south Wales will be greatly reduced by the military training academy at St. Athan, especially if we get the transport infrastructure right? Is he satisfied with the progress that the Welsh Assembly Government are making on that infrastructure?

Answer: My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary visited in the summer to look into the matter. The St. Athan project is a flagship project for Wales, which will bring in billions of pounds of investment and create thousands of jobs. That shows the value of the partnership between our Government here in London and the Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff, with Wales as part of the United Kingdom, not taken out of it, as the nationalists propose, or forced to withdraw as a result of the disastrous proposals of the Leader of the Opposition to create first and second-class Members of Parliament.

Secondary information

Type: Oral question
Reference: 464 c284-5
Session: 2006-07
Oral question type: Supplementary
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Infrastructure Transport Wales Unemployment MOD St Athan Employment schemes
Link: View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk