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David Cameron tells Tories Wales is 'motoring ahead' David Cameron criticised for pro-EU conference speech
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Wales has the potential to be a powerhouse, with clearer powers for the assembly, David Cameron has said. David Cameron's pro-EU comments in a conference speech have sparked a fresh row with Conservative Eurosceptics.
He told the Welsh Conservative conference in Llangollen that Wales was "motoring ahead" with the UK's fastest growth rate outside London. He told the Welsh Tories in Llangollen that Wales' future depended on voters making the "right choices" in the assembly election and EU referendum.
The prime minister hailed railway upgrades as contributing to prosperity. The prime minister stressed the value of the EU to farmers in particular.
However, he claimed the future was "not guaranteed", and said the Welsh economy was reliant on the results of the assembly election and EU referendum. Ex-Welsh Secretary David Jones said he was "disappointed" Mr Cameron used his platform to promote the EU cause when the party was supposed to be neutral.
Mr Cameron stressed the importance of the European Union to Welsh farmers in particular. Clwyd West MP Mr Jones - who intends to vote to leave the EU in June - said: "The party announced last September that it would remain neutral in the referendum campaign.
Earlier, Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies - who has said he wants the UK to leave the EU - made no reference to the June referendum in his speech. "It is therefore very disappointing that the prime minister should use a Conservative conference to promote the Remain cause, particularly when no other speakers are being allowed to speak in favour of Brexit.
Mr Davies focused his attention on his attempt to win the assembly election in May, saying Welsh Labour was a "lazy, complacent" government which had "run out of steam" after 17 years in power. "It is important that everyone in this debate from the leader down should play by the rules if party unity is to be maintained."
Two other senior Welsh Conservatives expressed "concern" and "surprise" to BBC Wales that the prime minister's speech focused on the EU rather than the assembly campaign and Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies.
Earlier on Friday, Mr Davies - who also wants the UK to leave the EU - made no reference to the June referendum in his own speech.
Instead, he made his bid to win the assembly election in May, saying Welsh Labour was a "lazy, complacent" government which had "run out of steam" after 17 years in power.
Aside from his comments on Europe, Mr Cameron called on voters to give the Conservatives a chance of power in Cardiff Bay, to deliver "real change" and create a Welsh "powerhouse".