I think it’s very important that we ensure that people across the whole of the Valleys feel that this is a structure that speaks for them and on behalf of them. I think sometimes there is a danger that we will focus in on the central Valleys of Glamorganshire and the eastern Valleys of Gwent. I think it is important that the western Valleys of Carmarthenshire and of Glamorgan that you represent also feel that they’re a part of that. I certainly will be making a great effort, personally, to ensure that that happens. Certainly, as somebody who has already sat in this place to represent the Gwendraeth valleys and the Swansea valley, I will ensure that that happens and that no part of these communities is forgotten or left behind.

But, in order to answer the questions directly, let me say this: I believe that we need to be engaging at a number of different levels. We need to have a very deep and broad understanding of communities. We all come from different parts of the Valleys and have our own perspectives. Certainly, I will be investing in research that provides us with, I hope, a very rich view of what people are thinking and saying within the Valleys communities. We will certainly invest in that sort of research. Also, I will be investing time in speaking to people, speaking with people and organisations across and throughout the Valleys, listening to what people have to say, listening to what concerns people and what their ambitions are, whether it’s in the Dulais valley, or the Neath valley, or the Gwendraeth valley, or even the Sirhowy valley. And we will continue to do that.

In terms of public transport, clearly transport will be, and continues to be, an absolutely fundamental issue. We have transport links in the Valleys that are overwhelmingly north-south, and we do need to ensure that the cross-valley transport systems that we have at the moment continue to see investment and are able to provide connectivity for people wherever they happen to live, in order to deliver connectivity to skills, to training, to education, to jobs and to work, but also connectivity to ensure that people are able to access services as well, and we will be doing that.