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A Metro For ’ Capital City Region - Connecting , Newport After the Referendum and the Valleys Prospects for the fourth term

Around the world, the success of city region economies is becoming increasingly dependent on high capacity, high quality, intra and inter regional public transport systems. Aspiring city regions such as Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham and Edinburgh are pushing ahead with the development and expansion of modern urban transit systems to boost their economies. This report, Hard Copy: . published in association with the Cardiff Business Non member £10.00 Partnership, says that Cardiff should do the same. Member £7.50 It argues that, using the electrification of Great Western Digital download: Main Line as a catalyst, a Cardiff Metro linking the Non member £5.00 Welsh capital with its Valleys hinterland would create the connectivity essential to economic development in the Member free Conference 21st Century. This, it says, should be a major priority for For Overseas orders, Future Inns, Cardiff Bay the governments at both Cardiff and Westminster, and Thursday 24 March 2011 please contact us for local authorities and the business .

n the wake of the successful referendum on further powers Iand ahead of the National Assembly elections on 5 May 2011 this conference surveys what kind of National Assembly the Name: political parties are proposing for the next four years. Address: Postcode: Tel: What kind of government will emerge following the election? Email: In the event that none of the parties will win overall control I enclose a cheque for: Please send me the following title: what coalition options they will face? A Metro for Wales’ Capital City Region - Connecting Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys How prepared are they for the negotiations that will follow? and what are their policy red lines? Please return to: Institute of Welsh Affairs, 4 Cathedral Road, 2nd Floor, Cardiff CF11 9JL call us: 029 2066 0820 or visit our website: www.iwa.org.uk 029 2066 0820 | www.iwa.org.uk Conference agenda Response Form

Thursday 24 March 2011 Book online at www.iwa.org.uk/events or return the form below: 9.00am Coffee and registration Please tick as appropriate:

10.00am How the referendum was fought Please reserve me _ _ place(s) for the After the Referendum David Williams interviews: – Prospects for the fourth term conference and lunch @ £40 (£32 for IWA & PAC Rachel Banner – True Wales members) 10.45am The referendum and the Assembly election Professor Richard Wyn Jones, Director, I enclose a cheque for £_ _ _._ _

Please charge my credit/debit card Visa Mastercard 11.30am Coffee Account name ______Account no. _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ 12.00pm The National Assembly’s Legislative Competence Emyr Lewis, Morgan Cole Card issue date _ _ / _ _ Card expiry date _ _ / _ _ 3 digit security code _ _ _

12.30pm One Wales: a retrospectuve Please invoice me. Official invoice no . ______(companies and organisations) , Simon Thomas, Name Organisation 1.00pm Lunch Address Post Code

2.00pm Policy priorities for the fourth term Telephone E-mail Nick Bourne AM, Nerys Evans AM, Plaid Cymru Andrew Davies AM, Welsh Labour Names of Guests / Colleagues Peter Black AM, Special requirements (e.g. dietary): 3.00pm The fourth term and beyond: where next for coalition politics Vaughan Roderick, BBC Wales Matt Withers, Western Mail Betsan Powys, BBC Wales Return this form together with a cheque (to IWA) to: 4 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9LJ 4.00pm Close Tel: 029 2066 0820 Fax: 029 2023 3741 Email: [email protected]

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