Thank you, acting Presiding Officer. Three points. One: I’m very pleased to see you’re going to put carbon reduction targets into your procurement process. That’s in line with increasing support for action on climate change, as captured in the WWF survey that was published today, ‘Message in a Bottle’. That means that people have just got to have it made easier for them to be able to complete their journeys by metro. So, I’d like to make a plea for Cardiff-based stations as part of the metro, so that if you want to relocate your business to Pontypridd, you don’t have to go back into Cardiff Central or Queen Street in order to get to Pontypridd; you can go from wherever you’re living. And, as Julie Morgan has said, there hasn’t been a great deal of engagement opportunities for the public, but I think that is one of the things that’s coming in loud and clear from my constituents—that it’s got to be made to work for people where they live and ensure that there are alternatives to going by the motor car.

The second point is that I’m a bit puzzled by—. I welcome the fact you’ve bought this new rolling stock that was announced yesterday, but I just wondered who owns these trains, because I thought the whole purpose of having franchises was that they made the investment. Now, I appreciate that the UK Government screwed up completely in deciding there’d be no growth in Wales, which is rather symptomatic of the attitude they have towards Wales, and the unfortunate lack of investment we’ve had—so it would be useful if you could just simply clarify on that.

I think the other thing that concerns me is the ongoing lack of progress on devolving the powers that the Welsh Government needs in order to be able to procure both the rail franchise and the metro. I understand from the economy committee’s report that there’s even uncertainty over this £125 million that the UK Government is supposedly promising. Are they still insisting that we go through the agony of full electrification when we’ve seen just how long it’s taken on the London to Cardiff line? There are many other ways in which we could do this that are much more in line with modern technologies, including battery and including hydrogen power. We don’t need full electrification of the Valleys lines in order to achieve what we want to achieve. But I suppose it’s symptomatic of the long-standing lack of investment in the Welsh railway system that today, unfortunately, a building has collapsed onto the line this afternoon, and the Cardiff to Newport line is completely closed. I saw this building as I was going along yesterday and thought it looked a bit dodgy, but I’m glad it didn’t collapse when I was going past. But I suppose it’s symptomatic of the need for real investment in Wales, and the disappointment that we’re not going to get any Barnett consequentials from the HS2 announcement.