Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. As you’ve already referred to, I’m pleased to be standing here and I move the amendments in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth.

Plaid Cymru believes that the tolls on the Severn crossings should be abolished, and we’ve been saying that for many years, and that we should ensure the devolution of powers to allow these bridges to be managed by this Assembly. After all, this is a £100 million boost for the Welsh economy and we want control over this issue as well. The tolls on other bridges have already been abolished. We know about the bridge over the Humber in England, and there was a significant cost related to that. The tolls on the Isle of Skye bridge in Scotland have also been abolished, and more recent bridges that stand high above a river, such as the Britton Ferry bridge in my region, have no tolls. It’s not that I’m suggesting that we need tolls on that bridge, but the fact is that there are some bridges with the M4 going over them that have tolls and others that don’t have any tolls on them. Over the years, going back to the Severn crossings, we’ve paid over and over again as taxpayers and users of these crossings under the old PFI agreement for the Severn crossings. That’s an injustice that continues to hurt many people.

While we are talking about this, one of our amendments calls on the Welsh Government to campaign and to consult with Pembrokeshire County Council to abolish tolls on the Cleddau bridge as well. If we’re getting rid of one lot of tolls, we might as well abolish the tolls on the Cleddau bridge, too. The same arguments exist for stimulating and giving an economic boost to that region as well, stemming from the abolition of tolls. That’s all true for the banks of the Cleddau, as well as south Wales in terms of abolishing the Severn bridge tolls.

But as well as getting rid of the tolls, we need to invest in infrastructure to give a significant boost to our economy and create jobs for our young people. That’s the basis of our amendments that call for the urgent electrification of the south Wales main line from London to Swansea. I’ve been talking about this for more than 10 years now. As well as this, we need to electrify the Valleys lines and the north Wales coast line. We’re still waiting for that, and that’s the basis of another of our amendments. I’d be pleased if people could support those.

Finally, we’re still waiting for the UK Government to come to a positive decision in favour of funding the Swansea bay tidal lagoon. The arguments have been won, and every party here supports this innovative idea. What about having a positive decision to boost the Welsh economy? Thank you very much.