Minister, I welcome today’s statement on the Superfast Cymru project and the progress towards the successor project. I think, in this day and age, it’s right that the Welsh Government’s ambition is to deliver fast and reliable broadband to every property in Wales, and I’m pleased to note the progress it’s made. Given the amount of correspondence I’ve had from constituents and, as a consequence, you’ve had from me, I’ll be encouraging active participation in the public consultation at a local level.

But I just have a specific couple of questions with regard to superfast access and new-build developments. I know, in your previous response to my colleague Russell George, you said you expect them to have to address this. I know that many residents, when they move into new developments—perhaps myself included—expect that they will be able to access fibre broadband and then find that they can’t, despite developers being able to get connection for places with developments of over 30 or more houses. I’m aware that the reasons behind this can vary, with larger developments being built in phases or the developers not informing Openreach ahead of the building work commencing. So, Minister, will there be steps to improve co-ordination between developers and Openreach, or the providers on this, because it is part of the consultation and, in addition—? Today, I think we acknowledge we’re at a point when access to superfast broadband is actually an essential utility now. Perhaps consideration could be given to an obligation that ensures that it should be part of the initial infrastructure in future for any future new-build developments.