I am pleased to note the national response time target has been met during every month since the introduction of the clinical response model pilot in October 2015. Encouragingly, the standard response time to the most serious type of call was just five minutes and 30 seconds in April.

Primary care has an excellent future in Wales as the mainstay of a sustainable health system for future generations. We continue to invest further in primary care to increase the capacity and capability of the workforce, providing better access to more services within communities.

The 2015 report on future housing need by the Public Policy Institute for Wales estimated that an additional 8,700 homes would be needed each year, of which 3,500 should be non-market housing.

Wide-ranging support is available to support industry across Wales, including north Wales. This includes support for new and existing business through Business Wales, three enterprise zones in north Wales and investment in information and communications technology and transport infrastructure.

The metro will be a modern, high-quality, multimodal and integrated transport system offering rapid, frequent and reliable rail services incorporating the bus network. It will link our communities in south Wales, and support the economy by enhancing connectivity across Wales.

Investment of almost £26 million has been approved to date for Islwyn through the twenty-first century schools and education programme. The funding is earmarked for a new 1,050-place comprehensive school for the area.