I’d like to thank the Member for his questions and, first and foremost, recognise the congratulations that he has given to the golden age, as he put it, which is owed, in no small part, to the investment of the Welsh Government of course, as well as UK Sport and, indeed, Sport Wales. But it’s because of the Welsh Government’s relentless focus on raising standards in school sport, through 5x60 and Dragon Sport—again, both delivered in partnership with Sport Wales—that we’ve been able to achieve an increase in participation amongst young people in sport and physical activity. I’m glad that the Member recognised the excellent work of Welsh Government in this regard. It’s heartening.

In terms of the decision on the Commonwealth Games and the position of local authorities, I’m not sure why the Member can’t reflect on what I said last time, which was that the local authorities he refers to were actually on the steering group that determined the potential of a Commonwealth Games, and at no point were they able to contribute the resources that you say should’ve been there from them. If you believe local authorities should have offered money, you need to identify where in their budgets that money would’ve come from.

Moreover, is it your position that you, as a party, would wish to spend £1.3 billion to £1.5 billion hosting a Commonwealth Games? Is that your position? Because our position is very clear that, in the current context of tightening public resources, such a cost is difficult to shoulder. Instead, we, as a Welsh Government, wish to seek to influence a major change in the rules of the Commonwealth Games Federation that would enable dual and multicentre games to take place. That would enable us to not just host the games once, which is what the Member’s aspiration is—just once in a lifetime—but, potentially, on a number of occasions in a lifetime. Surely that constant exposure to elite sport is far better in motivating people to become physically active over the course of their lives than just one two-week event in their lives.

In terms of resources and pitch fees, I recognise that in parts of Wales—and I know that my colleague Lee Waters has raised this with me in this constituency—pitch fees are too high. We said, through the manifesto for our party in the election, that we wish to see, through remit letters, a greater role placed on investing in young people from deprived areas. It was a pledge that was part of a manifesto that led to our election and Government. We wish to see that pledge delivered, not just by Sport Wales, but by national governing bodies, and in partnership with local authorities. But, we also wish to deliver—and the Member may be aware of another pledge that was within the manifesto—a challenge fund specifically for community sport and community arts organisations and events and activities. So, we, more than ever before, are committed to engaging young people, not just in sport, but also in other forms of physical activity. We wish to get Wales moving and we wish to ensure that our success in international multisport games continues.