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Surely he must support it as it is the biggest employer in his constituency and as secretary of estate of Wales he would be fighting to get it for Wales. It would be very surprising if he wasn’t. That’s what he is in post as the Vale MP and Welsh Secretary to do. The Northern Ireland and Scottish Secretaries have been successful for their regions why would Wales be any different.
He's a member of the UK government and the UK government doesn't support devolution of APD to Wales. As the local MP I'm sure he's supportive of the airport itself just not devolving APD.
I believe his reason is because the airport is in the South and North Wales won't benefit