Thank you very much, Chair. I just want to briefly endorse the final point made by Simon Thomas. I’m grateful that this issue has been aired in the Assembly and I welcome that very much.

Innovation is something that I am generally eager to see us do more of in Wales. I think there’s something about the size of Wales and the scale of Wales that makes us an ideal place to innovate in a number of areas. I think, given the importance of agriculture as part of our social fabric here in Wales, that agriculture is a clear area for innovation. Of course, as we’ve already heard, there are plenty of examples of great innovation taking place, including in our HE institutions.

There is a benefit to this innovation in economic terms. Agriculture and those who rely on farming for their livelihoods do have to do more with less these days, as do people in all areas. Technological developments and innovation in agriculture are going to allow that to happen. Farms where you had a host of servants working and doing that legwork are a thing of the past. The ability of the farmer these days to get more for less is more important than ever. Of course, there is an environmental benefit to this too, as we’ve heard, and a benefit in terms of feeding our population.

The point, as I’ve said, that I want to make is similar to the one Simon Thomas made. It’s easy to think of rural Wales as slow-moving—somewhere that’s beautiful, but very far from the innovations of the twenty-first century—but that isn’t the case, of course. If we are looking to attest the position of rural Wales and our agriculture industry in this era of innovation, we must ensure that the connections are there so that people can share data and information, and I do think that this is a peg, once again, on which we can remind decision makers, either in Government or outwith Government, that we must consider our rural areas as areas where it is just as important, if not more important, to ensure that those connections and links are available. Physical links aren’t as obvious in rural areas, but the digital connections are crucially important, and I think that that, in and of itself, is important as we discuss the innovation that’s required in rural Wales.