Select Committee on Defence Written Evidence


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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