I’d just like to ask some questions and raise some issues with regard to some of the budget negotiations with Plaid Cymru. I would like to echo what has been said already: as somebody who has been here for 10 years now, I think it’s important that we try to find common ground where we can, and utilise our abilities as politicians to come up with solutions as well as to scrutinise. Therefore, I welcome in this budget deal the £30 million investment that was announced for the creation of a new power plant for Tata.

This has been something that has been campaigned on for quite some time by local activists and politicians of different colours and I think that this is something that we should be proud of. I would like to have some more information as to whether the Welsh Government has talked to Tata about this particular commitment, particularly in relation to the other investment that Tata has promised to the unions and to the workforce. I think it’s important, if the Welsh Government are providing £30 million of investment for a plant of this nature, that we find the money from Tata for the rest of it and that we ensure that Tata are committed to the area. I think this shows a clear sign that that is the case, but I think that it is important, especially with changes to the pension fund and the potential joint venture, that we see it in light of Tata being here for the long term. I was wondering whether the Cabinet Secretary could also confirm that other funding commitments made by the Welsh Government, amounting to almost £13 million, will not be affected by this announcement in relation to Tata Steel. But I would like to put on record my thanks for putting this as a priority.

My other question is in relation to the journalism fund. Again, I’m very thankful for that—£100,000 for one year and £100,000 for the second year. I’ve already been speaking to people in the sector about what that would mean. So, I’m wondering how the sector can help to shape that and to ensure on record that that fund would be for hyperlocal journalists and not for large-scale media organisations that may already be benefitting from another scheme—the BBC scheme, for example. I would want this to be specifically for start-ups so that, for example, the Port Talbot MagNet in my area would not have ended, it would have been able to have been sustainable. That’s the type of thing we really need to ensure for a natural and grass-roots journalism sector in Wales to flourish.

With regard to the investment in music in education, I believe it’s £2 million over two years. That’s something, again, that I’m very grateful for. Again, how can we be involved in shaping where that funding goes and how it’s spent? As you will know, the committee that I chair have carried out an investigation into music in education and we’re coming up with our final conclusions. I’m sure people from all parties here in the Chamber would be willing to come up with ideas for how that money can be spent in the most efficient way so that we’re not duplicating work that’s already being done on the ground.

To finish, I’d like to say also that I’m welcoming of the £14 million extra for mental health. While I think that mental health has been supported more in recent years, it’s always to be welcomed. What I’d like to see happening is—we’re talking about the budget and we’re talking about money, but, ultimately, sometimes I think it’s about how we use the money we’ve got in a better way. So, even though this is new money, how can we change structures and how things work within mental health so that it is truly reflective of what people need on the ground? The one example I’ll give is perhaps we could think about this money going into mental health support for the BME community and asylum seekers. I was, again, I mentioned, last week with people from the BME community in Swansea, and they were saying that some people are being refused access to GPs simply because the GPs are refusing to get a translator there. We’ve had an asylum seeker commit suicide a few weeks ago in Swansea because of not being able to access treatment. So, if we’re going to think about how we use this money creatively, can we think of it with that in mind?

I’d just like to finish by echoing Rhun’s point with regard to Supporting People. I don’t want to have an argy-bargy about who kept Supporting People but I want to thank the negotiating team for keeping that money, because I, in the last few weeks, have met lots of different people from lots of different walks of life who will be very, very happy with today’s announcement. That’s what it’s about for me. People can say what they like, but, actually, that will mean that there will still be people helping those who are in crisis situations on the front line. So, if all I can appeal for is, when we’re discussing this in future years, that they don’t feel that every year their budget is threatened and that they can have some comfort in the system for future years—[Interruption.] Well, I’d love to stop austerity, Lee. I’m not criticising you in this regard. I’m just saying if we can perhaps have a conversation so that they feel that they’re part of ongoing discussions with the Welsh Government and that we can make sure that that programme is supported in the future.