I thank Bethan for bringing this to our attention today. It is very urgent, and it was very disappointing news that we had the confirmation that this production line would be ending, but not only that—ending three months earlier than had ever been discussed before. It clearly shows that this JLR production line have an intent to get away as early as possible, and that’s hugely disappointing. I am grateful for the positive way in which the Minister and the Welsh Government have approached this. We’ve met not only with the unions as Assembly Members, but Chris Elmore and I met with Ford’s representatives in Westminster a week and a half ago to lobby the case for future investment in the plant. They wanted to stress that they wanted to positively engage in dialogue, not only with the unions, but also they were very complimentary of the Welsh Government’s role in investigating all possible avenues of bringing not only what we would call traditional drivetrain production to their new models, but also things such as electric vehicle production or battery production, and so on. It’s good, and I urge the Minister strongly to go ahead with that.

But he finished on saying that point about where the JLR production is shifting to. We have picked up worrying signals that this JLR production is shifting to—and shifting earlier than expected—a plant in Wolverhampton based on direct UK Government support for a new automotive production line. If that is the case, that is directly stealing away jobs that should be in Bridgend, where they’re desperately needed. In which case, if he could raise this with the Secretary of State in his discussions and if he could ask the Secretary of State: what are they going to put back into south Wales and Bridgend to make good for this? Because if it’s true that UK Government investment is stealing these jobs from Wales, then we want that investment back to create more jobs and to sustain the jobs that are currently here.