Memorandum from the Vale of Glamorgan
Council
In response to a Question at a Council meeting on
6 October 2004, the Cabinet Member for Regeneration Tourism and
Leisure, Councillor Mike Harvey stated that the specific maintenance
decision made by the Ministry of Defence lacked vision and did
not demonstrate any appreciation of its social and economic impact.
Councillor Harvey added that the Council will do all it can to
work with the Welsh Development Agency, Welsh Assembly Government
and with any other Government Agency in ensuring that this latest
policy stance is reversed.
Councillor Harvey looks forward to working positively
to ensuring the retention of these vitally important jobs in the
Vales of Glamorgan and ensuring that the aeronautic sector continues
to be a springboard to economic successes in both the Vale and
for the whole of South Wales.
Aerospace is one of the sectors which is likely to
prove critical to the future of south east Wales, as identified
in the South East Wales Development Strategy which was endorsed
by the South East Wales Economic Forum earlier this year. The
forum which includes representation from the ten local authorities,
which make up South East Wales, along with other organisations,
exists to ensure that there is a high degree of coordination between
the various organisations concerned with the regeneration and
economic development in South East Wales. The purpose of the Forum
is to help the region become one of the most prosperous in Europe,
providing the opportunity for every individual, enterprise and
community to share in that prosperity. A three year action plan
has been agreed by the Forum involving a range of integrated measures
including the promotion of clusters within the context of those
key economic sectors identified and prioritised by the Welsh Assembly
Government and others.
November 2005
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