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Debate between Stephen Crabb and Rehman Chishti
Wednesday 24th February 2016
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Stephen Crabb
My hon. Friend, who has a great love for and knowledge of Wales, is right. The most important thing for securing big inward investment projects such as Aston Martin, or the continued inward investment of companies such as Airbus, is the excellence of the skills and the workforce that we have now in Wales. We are not complacent about that. There is more progress that could be achieved, but the reason that such companies choose Wales over locations all round the world is the quality of the skills of the workforce, the quality of the infrastructure and the UK Government’s commitment to creating the best environment for economic growth.
Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con)
2. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of employment in Wales.