Minister, I’m afraid that many people across Wales are just fed up of waiting for this. You’re in a Government that has overpromised about superfast broadband and absolutely failed to deliver. This was in your programme for government—[Interruption.] It was in your programme for government back in 2011 that you would deliver to every household and residential business in Wales superfast broadband. You’ve failed on that, and you can blame BT Openreach all you like, but you are the ones that gave them the contract, you are the ones that have moved the goalposts twice now in terms of delivery against that contract, and you’re the people who are letting the people and businesses of Wales down.

Frankly, Minister, I’m not convinced that, even by the end of this term of this coalition Government, you’re going to achieve your objective, either. You’ve already said very clearly in your statement today that you cannot provide fibre connectivity at any cost, because you need to provide value for money. I accept that you need to provide value for money, but you also need to stop promising things that you’re failing to deliver. You failed to deliver it in the last term, and I suspect you’re going to fail again.

Let’s just remind ourselves of those things that were promised. In your programme for government back in 2011, which I note, Llywydd, has been deleted from the Welsh Government’s website, you said that, by the end of 2015, all homes and businesses would receive superfast broadband. Then you moved the goalposts into 2016, then you moved it to the end of 2017. By now, there should be at least 655,000 homes and business premises attached to superfast broadband, but there aren’t. You’ve said in your statement today that there are only 610,000. So, what you’ve done is you’ve nudged the goalposts further and further along; I suspect you’ll move them beyond the next election as well, because you don’t want the electorate to hold you to account for these failures, either.

What my constituents want to know is that, if they’re not going to get fibre broadband, how on earth are you going to address their needs? Why should my constituents in upper Colwyn Bay and in rural parts of Denbighshire and in other parts of Conwy, why should they put up with not being able to access these things, which are essential for those households today if they want to get the best deals on their utility bills, if they want their young people to get on with their homework and do the research that they need to support their education? It’s not acceptable; you need to pull your finger out and get this sorted.