I’m very grateful to the Member for Merthyr Tydfil for making those points. I think the people of the Valleys of south Wales will take their own view on those Members who appear at election campaigns promising the earth and then when it comes to doing the work, disappear off, whether they’re on holidays or elsewhere, but we’ll allow others to make that judgment—[Interruption.] Oh, here they are—the television’s working in the tea room, obviously. [Laughter.]

The Member makes some very important points in terms of tourism. My little son has enjoyed his ride on the mountain railway in Merthyr and it’s important, I think, that, sometimes, we recognise all that the Valleys have to offer. We live in a part of the world that’s absolutely spectacular by anybody’s estimation. Also in my friend’s constituency, of course, you have that great mountain bike centre, which I drive pass and I’m always tempted to go in on my bike—I’ll do that some point this summer. Also, of course, we have the rich industrial heritage across the way in Blaenavon with Big Pit telling the story of the industrial revolution. I think, sometimes, we don’t fully understand and recognise ourselves that it was the Heads of the Valleys that were the first industrialised community in the world, that we led the development of iron and coal and that, by doing so, we created a community and a culture that is unique and which is something that has not just exported fantastic economic and industrial processes to the world but has also exported a culture to the world as well. That is something that we need to be proud of and it’s something that we will continue to promote, especially today, of course, when we celebrate the sixty-eighth birthday of the national health service. When Aneurin Bevan told Parliament he was going to ‘Tredegarise’ the United Kingdom, he certainly did and he created something that we are all deeply proud of and, on this side of the Chamber, will always nourish and will always defend.