Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Mark Williams Excerpts
Wednesday 12th February 2014

(10 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Crabb Portrait Stephen Crabb
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We understand why the shadow Secretary of State is bringing this politically motivated issue to the Dispatch Box today: it is because he has run out of things to say about the economy in Wales, about unemployment and about growth. Over the past three years, he has been proved wrong on all those issues.

Mark Williams Portrait Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD)
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May I invite my hon. Friend the Minister to congratulate the management of Dunbia on the announcement that 200 new jobs are to be created at Felinfach in the Aeron valley, contributing to the food processing sector that is so important to rural Wales? Those new jobs are good news for Wales.

Stephen Crabb Portrait Stephen Crabb
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I join my hon. Friend in welcoming the investment from that meat processing company in his constituency. The agri-food sector is incredibly important to west Wales, and not least to Ceredigion. My hon. Friend represents one of the most important farming and agricultural constituencies in the UK, and the investment by that company is a sign of the growing confidence in the UK economy and the Welsh economy.