Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 12 December 2017.
He will know that the M4 relief road is something that, as a Government, we've taken a view is very much needed. There has to be a public inquiry, because it's hugely important that these issues are tested. I don't think anybody would disagree with the need to do that, to make sure that any decision we take in the future is based on what the inquiry has found.
Secondly, given that I was the first person to talk about a south Wales metro, at Bedwas rugby club, if I remember, back in 2009, I can guarantee that it's not been set up to fail. I want the metro to work. It's hugely important, as far as south Wales is concerned. It provides huge opportunities, not just to get people to work faster, but to get investment into communities that, up to now, have struggled to get the right levels of investment because of where they sit geographically. So, the south Wales metro is definitely something that I want to see succeed for the people of Wales.