Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the amendment in the name of Paul Davies. I have to say, in principle, I and the Welsh Conservative group can support the Plaid Cymru motion today, which seeks to boost the investment in jobs and infrastructure in the Valleys after historic underinvestment, I think, from the Government here. Nobody could argue, I don’t think, either, with the assertion from Plaid Cymru that the economic performance of the Valleys has been consistently below the Welsh and UK average. The motion, of course, does fail to recognise the significant investment and supply-chain opportunities created by the UK Government through the Cardiff and Swansea city regions. Interestingly, despite significant funding from the EU, the west Wales and the Valleys region has seen very little in terms of tangible improvements to economic prosperity. Perhaps that’s why the Valleys voted to leave in such big numbers—people living in the Valleys felt that the EU and the Welsh Government had not delivered as promised.

The president of the South and Mid Wales Chambers of Commerce has said that the Swansea and Cardiff city deals have the potential to transform the economy of south Wales and I agree with that. So, I do—