Mark Pawsey
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(8Â years ago)
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Alun Cairns
We have an election coming and the call from the Labour party is now very different—it is very convenient. It has long called for the devolution of the tolls, but we were fearful that, as soon as the tolls were devolved, they would be used as a cash cow to support the income of the Welsh Government.
Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)
3. What recent assessment he has made of employment trends in Wales.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Guto Bebb)
The labour market in Wales has never been stronger. Although we recognise the challenges facing the Welsh economy, there is a lot to celebrate. Unemployment has fallen to its lowest since 2008 and the number of people in work in Wales is at an all-time high.
Mark Pawsey
I welcome the Minister to his position. He is quite rightly focusing on the issues affecting steel production at Port Talbot, but what assessment has he made of the decision by Aston Martin to build its new DBX car at St Athan?