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Work Programme (Wales)

(Translation) : That is a valid point, and I referred to that earlier. We must all raise our game; it is about time we did that. We have a duty to do so. I will not bore Members with many quotations, but to support of some of the points made by Opposition colleagues, I shall quote from the Sheffield Hallam report. It says that before the recession, [Continued in English] ““employment was growing in Wales but more than three-quarters of the job growth was in the public sector.”” [Continued in Welsh] We must promote and boost the private sector, but it is not enough to expect it somehow naturally to pick up just because the public sector is being reduced. The report also states: [Continued in English] ““The recession brought a halt to progress.”” [Continued in Welsh] There are many other possible quotations; it is an interesting report.