Friend for that reply and pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State who last Thursday met the members of the Welsh Optro-Electronic Forum and a senior Thales representative, Benwar Bazir. The Welsh Optro-Electronic Forum is key to the regeneration of central north Wales. I ask my right hon. Friends for their full political support for such projects.
Friend touches on an important issue.
I know that he champions the opto-electronic industry in his constituency and the rest of Wales. That money is allocated to establishing a sector champion for this key industry. I wish the Welsh Optro-Electronic Forum well in its bid for objective 1 funding. As has been said, the manufacturing industry is important. Equally, industries, such as that of opto-electronics, are key future sectors for creating wealth and prosperity in Wales.