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Written Assembly Questions tabled on 9 June 2015 for answer on 16 June 2015

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Written Questions must be tabled at least five working days before they are to be answered. In practice, Ministers aim to answer within seven/eight days but are not bound to do so. Answers are published in the language in which they are provided, with a translation into English of responses provided in Welsh.

To ask the Minister for the Economy, Science and Transport

Darren Millar (Clwyd West): Will the Minister make a statement on what discussions she has had and what progress that has been made with regard to the electrification of the north Wales rail line? (WAQ68766)

Answer received on 15 June 2015

The Minister for the Economy, Science and Transport (Edwina Hart): I am fully committed to rail modernisation and have had a number of discussions in regard to the case for electrification of the North Wales rail line.  I have commissioned Dr Elizabeth Haywood to engage with local authorities, businesses and others to elicit support for the business case.

Darren Millar (Clwyd West): Will the Minister make a statement on Welsh Government investment in research and development in each region of Wales in each of the past five years? (WAQ68767)

Answer received on 11 June 2015

The Minister for the Economy, Science and Transport (Edwina Hart): We do not collect data on research and development for individual regions of Wales.