I commend the Cabinet Secretary for the speed with which he’s going to decide this matter. Will you accept from me that there is cross-party support for this venture and that we all, in this Assembly, accept that south-west Wales has lagged way behind most of Wales in recent years in terms of income? Adam Price has done a signal service, I think, to us in bringing this to our attention, not just today at First Minister’s questions but also on previous occasions where he shows that we are one of the poorest regions of western Europe. I don’t regard that as an accolade of which we should be proud. Projects of this kind are vitally important, not just for the immediate jobs that they bring, but also for changing the whole atmosphere of the region or sub-region, which will then make it more attractive to other firms to locate there. It’s the magnet effect that is so important here.

The second point I’d like to ask the Cabinet Secretary to respond to is that, yes, of course he does have responsibilities for ensuring that public money is spent wisely, but cultural and linguistic benefits themselves have a value beyond purely pounds and pence. And we know how important this project will be to the succouring of the Welsh language, and for the impact that it will have more widely than in the region itself. So, whilst I don’t expect him to give a substantive answer today, because he has to discuss with his colleagues and others to consider the matter in the round, but at least he should lean in favour of being sympathetic to this proposal, and not take a flinty, Thatcherite approach to it.