WRITTEN STATEMENT

BY

THE WELSH GOVERNMENT

TITLE	Inter-Ministerial Group for Business and Industry
DATE	01 July 2025
BY	Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning

I represented the Welsh Government at the Business and Industry Inter-Ministerial Group on 6 May, which I chaired. This was the second meeting of the re-established Inter-Ministerial Group.

The meeting was attended by Sarah Jones MP, Minister for Industry, UKG, Caoimhe Archibald, Minister for the Economy, Northern Ireland Executive and a senior official from Scottish Government. A communique regarding this meeting will be published on theUK Government website.

Discussions focused on the recently published Industrial Strategy and Place-based Economic Growth and updates were provided on economic plans across the four nations.

I highlighted the importance of continued collaboration around the Industrial Strategy and discussion took place on place-based economic growth and how this can be supported across the UK. 

Scotland will be chairing the next Business and Industry Inter-Ministerial Group in line with rotating chair arrangements.