The next item on the agenda is the new item of 90-second statements. May I remind Members that these are 90-second statements, not 90-minute statements? So, I will expect every statement to finish within 90 seconds. The honour of making the first 90-second statement goes to Jeremy Miles.

Diolch, Lywydd. Thank you for this opportunity to speak about and celebrate the Neath abbey ironworks, and thank you for this innovation in the Chamber.

The ironworks today are a dilapidated site, but as with many industrial sites in Wales, they were once a place of great innovation, of the earliest copper smelting and, latterly, the founding of ironworks that were strategically vital to the Welsh economy. Its export was exported to India, and it was a major place of employment for the people of Neath and beyond. In its heyday of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it saw Neath being a globally connected town.

We are indebted to the friends of the ironworks for keeping an awareness alive of the site, and recently to a public lecture in the town by Professor Huw Bowen of Swansea University, which charted a reclaimed future for the site as a place of exploration and of enterprise, where our heritage can be a guide to our future. The spirit of innovation embodied in the ironworks should not stay in our history. A place that exported the earliest steam engines around Europe should awaken the imagination of schoolchildren and help us all lift our sights as we build the future economy of our country. So, our task is to turn the example of this jewel of our Welsh economic heritage into inspiration for a new generation of innovators in a modern Neath and a modern Wales.

John Griffiths—beat that.

Diolch, Lywydd. This week marks the one hundred and seventy seventh anniversary of the Chartist uprising and march on Newport for political and democratic reform. On 4 November 1839, over 20 Chartists were shot and killed. They lie in unmarked graves at St Woolos cathedral. Their leaders, John Frost, William Jones and Zephaniah Williams, were tried at Monmouth Shire Hall, convicted of high treason and sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered, later commuted to transportation for life to the new world. Today, Newport is known as the city of democracy and every year commemorates these momentous events. Friday will see the re-enactment by local schoolchildren, including Maindee primary in my constituency. I will be at St Woolos cathedral, along with Jayne Bryant, for the commemoration, and there will be a Chartist convention and other events.

Llywydd, Chartism was the first working-class mass movement and the Newport rising the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in Britain. Of the six points of the charter, only annual parliaments has not been enacted. The legacy of the Chartists is the mass suffrage we enjoy to this day.

Caroline Jones.

Diolch, Lywydd. I would like to use these 90 seconds to highlight the wonderful work being undertaken by the Sandville Self Help Centre in Ton Kenfig within my region. The Sandville Self Help Centre was established in 1983 and is a charity that’s open to all people suffering health issues, offering help in a very relaxed and happy atmosphere. They are a person-centred service, giving social and psychological care to patients and their families. Their motto is,

‘Listening, Looking, Learning, Loving, Laughter will enable you to Live a Longer healthier Life’, which is something I’m sure we can all support. They provide transport from the Bridgend area to Velindre hospital for patients who require radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Every week, they offer a range of complementary therapies and activities set in beautiful surroundings away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. With beautiful views and a welcoming environment, the Sandville Self Help Centre pride themselves on being a home from home, with no clinical appearances and a warm family environment. I’m sure Members will agree with me that the world would be a much poorer place without places like the Sandville centre and people like Gwyneth Poacher and the dedicated staff and volunteers who run it. Thank you.

I thank the three Members.