I’d like to thank Mark Isherwood for his questions and assure him, as I stated in response to Julie Morgan’s questions, that there will be improved access and services as a requirement of the operator and development partner, set out in the high-level outputs that include services and also access improvements for blind and partially sighted people, and people with additional sensory needs. I can assure him that there will be a level playing field. We are setting those outputs that need to be met. The potential bidders will come forward with the solutions without Welsh Government having any prejudice over which solutions best fit the problems that we present those bidders with.

In terms of the growth deal, I said ‘growth deals on either side of the border’ because, already, the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership have devised a growth deal bid. The Member will be aware that the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, alongside the north Wales business council, has also developed a growth bid. There are currently two. My preference would have been for one that fully integrates economic development right across that, if you like, arc of activity. However, if there are going to be two growth deals, those growth deals must be perfectly dovetailed and must take account of, crucially, transport infrastructure and integrated networks of rail and roads.

I would agree with the Member as well; the Wrexham-Bidston line is a crucial route in the national rail network, and I am keen and determined that that route should have adequate investment to meet the needs of the passengers it carries and those people who would wish to use the service. The Member is also right to have identified Deeside Industrial Park as an area that requires attention. We have been able to identify the fact, for example, that a new station will be required on Deeside Industrial Park as part of an integrated transport network for that specific region. The economic activity surrounding Deeside is enormous. We need to ensure that all barriers to accessing employment opportunities for people not just immediately within that area, but also further afield are brought down so that people can access those quality jobs on public transport.