Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he plans to announce further progress on the North Wales Growth Bid.

Good progress is being made on the development of a North Wales Growth Deal and it remains my ambition to enter into a Heads of Terms agreement this year. However, a Growth Deal is a partnership between Local Authorities, Private Sector, the Welsh Government and the UK Government and can only be concluded when all parties are agreed that we have reached a transformational deal that will deliver for all parts of North Wales.