Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your response because it certainly was with considerable shock that we learned about this announcement only yesterday afternoon, and we know that we’re now starting a 45-day statutory consultation process. It was only earlier this week that I was at a conference, speaking at the Bevan Foundation, on the living wage, when I was talking about the signs of uplift in the economy in Merthyr—we’ve had lots of new jobs coming into the area—so this was a real body blow to the area, as you’ve already identified. If those proposals do follow through, it goes without saying almost that we’re talking about 350 workers and their families who will be affected, as well as the impact on the local economy, and all of this in the lead up to Christmas.

I’m pleased that the company has agreed to meet with me and with Gerald Jones, the MP, and I believe with you and the First Minister to explore the basis of their proposals and the suggestion that they will relocate their entire retail function to the site in Cornwall, which, from what I know at this point in time, seems to be somewhat illogical when the distribution plant or the distribution centre for the meat factory in Merthyr is actually in Avonmouth. If the packing plant is taken to Cornwall, then it doesn’t seem very logical that you have a slaughterhouse in Merthyr, the meat packed in Cornwall and then it’s brought back to a distribution centre in Avonmouth. So, I hope that all of these things will be taken on board when we have the conversation. So, can I just ask the Cabinet Secretary to assure me that the Welsh Government will be doing everything that it can to support the people who are affected potentially by these proposals?