I’d like to thank the business Secretary for her statement, and also ask her whether she has time in Government business for a debate, first of all, on the project of the tidal lagoon in Swansea bay. We know that the Hendry review has come out in favour of this project as a pathfinder for this technology, which has huge potential in Wales. I think that a debate rather than a statement, by which we can unite as an Assembly around the principles of this project, and which the Government can set out how we can support the project going forward, would be extremely beneficial. I’d particularly like that debate to focus on what we can do as a Welsh Government, and as a Welsh Assembly, to take the project forward. I know that the Government has expressed an interest in the idea that we’d be promoting as Plaid Cymru—an energy company for Wales, Ynni Cymru—and I would really like to see the Welsh Government take an early stake in the tidal lagoon, in the project and the holding company that’s driving that forward, so that, over the next successive generations, we benefit from this technology as it rolls out across Wales, because I think this is the future and I’m convinced that we can get a direct benefit for the Welsh nation out of tidal lagoons and tidal power more widely. It may not be lagoons in other parts of Wales; it may be other tidal technologies in Anglesey, for example, as well. I think this is a huge potential, so I'd very much appreciate a debate in Government time on the principle of tidal lagoons, so that we can follow up on the Hendry review and really give the support, I think, of the whole Assembly to that principle.

The second item I'd like to raise with the Welsh Government is whether we can have a statement clarifying what the Government has done as regards the pollution incident on the River Teifi just before Christmas. There was a major pollution incident, which some people might recall—it tended to get lost in the Christmas news, but about 6 miles of the river was affected. I understand it was a significant release of some form of effluent from the dairy industry. We need to understand how that happened, but also what steps are being taken now to reinstate the river, which is an important fishing river and an important tourist attraction as well in that part of Wales. I've had a lot of correspondence from local fishermen and people who take an interest in the environment about what might be happening there and how the Government might follow up on that. We had an unfortunate incident in Nantgaredig, outside Carmarthen, with oil, but this, on the face of it, actually looks more serious and looks like it could affect the Teifi for a long period of time. So, I'd very much appreciate some more information from the Welsh Government by means of a written statement or otherwise that I can share with my constituents and which shows that the Government is taking this issue seriously.