I should begin by saying to the Member that other Members whom I spoke with this morning actually proactively contacted me, and that’s why I was able to share with them details of conversations that I’ve had with the key decision maker. The Member is welcome to contact me at any time if she feels strongly enough about issues in her region.

I should also say that right now is a time to build trust, not to undermine it or to destroy it, and I believe that it is through reinstating a team approach at Ford in Bridgend that we will see the plant through to a more viable future. There is no doubt that there is great anxiety at the plant, and I have stated today to Ford’s vice president my desire to seek details of the new products that are being looked at. I want to know exactly what it is that Ford in Bridgend can expect and should expect to be manufacturing in the next decade. These products, I understand, could concern electric and hybrid engines, but we need to know exactly what it is that Ford’s Bridgend plant will focus on producing in years to come.

In terms of the actual details that have been revealed today, they are, as I said to Adam Price, the worst-case scenario for what would happen—what would happen—hypothetically, if no new products were to be secured for the Bridgend plant. But our intention is to secure new product, is to work as part of a team with Ford, with the workforce, with the unions, and that’s the reason that I’m bringing them all together. Everybody has a shared interest in this—the unions, the workforce and Government—to make sure that Ford survives and that Ford in Bridgend thrives well into the future.

We will work together, we will develop trust across partners, and we will work with the company, and, if that means playing tough with Ford Europe, we will do so.