I couldn’t agree more with some of the sentiments that you’ve expressed today, Cabinet Secretary. These are hugely troubling times for the 1,100 employees at this facility in Cardiff, which has a very good record over 27 years of establishment in the capital city of Wales. The dedication and professionalism of the employees deserve better treatment than they received last week, I have to say. It is regrettable that many of those employees only heard the news through social media and third parties, shall we say.

It is a fact, though, Cabinet Secretary, that these are proposed job losses at the moment. Regrettably, very often they turn into reality, though, at the end of the process. You’ve had a week with your officials to digest the announcement, to liaise with the chief executive and other contacts at the company. In your assessment, is there any hope that some of these jobs might be salvaged within the Tesco family? If that is a possibility, is there any estimation as to the likely number of jobs that might be made available to some of the employees on the site?

Secondly, the importance, obviously, of the package that the Government will put in place cannot be underestimated in a jobs announcement that is the biggest single loss of jobs in 10 years in Wales, and that will put forward huge logistical challenges to the support package you might put in place. Are you confident, on the assessment that you have made, that the package will meet the needs of the employees to find alternative employment and, ultimately, secure the employment that pays the mortgage, puts the food on the table, and puts the shirts on the backs of the kids back at home? Because those are the questions that employees will want to know.

If I may also just press you: given that Tesco is such a key strategic partner in the Welsh economy—19,000 employees across Wales, the biggest single private employer in Wales—it cannot be acceptable that you were blindsided by this announcement. I cannot believe that you do not sit, or your officials do not sit, in forums or meetings where opportunities are discussed, where hurdles are discussed, and what you can do to facilitate overcoming those hurdles. What type of relationship do you actually have with these big employers to make sure that there is genuine trust on both sides of the table when you are discussing putting facilities in place that assist employers to strengthen their position here in Wales, safeguard their position in Wales, and, ultimately, just have a bit of honesty?