I’d like to thank the Minister for her statement today, and it was very welcome to have that written statement yesterday, which, of course, is useful ahead of today’s statement. I’m very grateful for that. I’d like to think that the result of today’s announcement is a result of the contributions made at the Welsh Conservatives’ debate last week.

Many of those very frustrated residents who are yet to see the benefit of the Superfast Cymru project I hope will be encouraged that the further funding has been allocated to deliver universal access and extend broadband coverage to the hardest-to-reach premises by 2020. People will be suspicious as previous commitments have been missed—I’m not going to rehearse last week’s debate—but I welcome the new investment today.

As the Superfast Cymru project progresses, the debate, I would say, is moving away from access to take-up. Its priority, I would say, for value for money from the public purse and in bringing fast, reliable broadband to every property in Wales, is to devote much more attention to encouraging widespread take-up. I would say, regrettably, I think we haven’t had very much today in regard to concrete measures that the Welsh Government is going to take to stimulate demand. I’d say it’s all very well having first-class infrastructure, but if no-one uses it, it’s a wasted opportunity.

One of the criticisms that I had of the original contract was that only 0.6 per cent of the original budget allocation for the Superfast Cymru project was dedicated to encouraging take-up. The evaluation of the next generation broadband Wales programme also highlighted the lack of coherence and strategic approach to marketing and communications. So, I would be grateful if the Minister could set out how the Welsh Government intends to encourage universal take-up.

In your statement, Minister, you refer to the fact that the Welsh Government will benefit from the gainshare clause in the Superfast Cymru contract, which means that between £30 million and £50 million will be available by 2023 to reinvest. Given the fact that the availability of this funding is incumbent on improving take-up, what proportion of the £80 million public funding will be attached to specifically encouraging the exploitation of superfast broadband in the intervention area?

You’ve also confirmed that the all-Wales take-up is 29 per cent of the intervention area. However, can I ask you to provide a breakdown of the figures by local authority? The latest take-up figures that I have seen showed that in spite of 96 per cent and 93 per cent in Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr respectively, take-up only stood at 17 per cent. That’s hardly a great conversion rate.

And finally, I’d also have to say that the projected take-up of between 35 per cent and 50 per cent is insufficiently ambitious. A recent report for BT suggests that superfast take-up could approach 80 per cent of all premises in the UK by 2020. So, can I ask you what intention you have of revising your 2015 target upwards?