§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last met the (1) Wales TUC and (2) Wales CBI to discuss the economy of Wales; and if he will make a statement. [74185]
§ Mr. MichaelI have met representatives of the CBI and TUC in a variety of settings including discussions about the Assembly. The most recent direct meeting was894W on 1 February when I met representatives of Wales CBI at a lunch to discuss ways in which the Assembly could carry out its statutory duty to consult business. Both CBI Wales and the Wales TUC are keenly interested on the way the Assembly will promote the economy of Wales and I shall be speaking about this to the annual conference of Wales TUC in April.