It's always a pleasure to have statements from the Cabinet Secretary, but—there is a 'but' here—I have to say I'm confused here and slightly disappointed, because what we had from the Cabinet Secretary—correct me if I'm wrong, by all means—was a statement about a one-policy-position statement that he has made today, Welsh transport appraisal guidance that he's going to publish tomorrow, a national transport finance plan that he's going to publish later in the month, and a transport strategy that will arrive at some point in the distant future maybe. And, you know, it's not good enough. We've had Assembly Members saying today, quite rightly in my view, that there isn't enough time in the day. Well, surely, what we want from Government is actually a statement about actual published documents that we scrutinise. We don't want a running commentary or hints about the future shape of policy—we need to see the documents themselves.

So, can I ask him in relation to the national transport finance plan, which he says is going to be published by the end of the month, will we have a future opportunity to have a statement so that we can actually respond, rather than talking about—? All we know now is there's going to be one published by the end of the month. How are we supposed to respond to that? Can he tell us, actually—maybe he can tell us—a little bit about what are the changes? What's the direction of travel—no pun intended—in that strategy?

In terms of the Welsh transport strategy overall, can he at least give us a sense—more than what he's told us—about some of the broad parameters, things that are very, very important to my party, for example? At the heart of the original Welsh transport strategy was the importance of north-south connection and, unfortunately, in the revision in 2013 and certainly ever since then, that has been quietly forgotten about, and instead of a transport policy that is about the cohesion of Wales as a nation, it's our adhesion to the nation next door, with all the emphasis going on west-east connections. That's the kind of thing where we really need to see the transport strategy itself, Cabinet Secretary, if we're going to be able to do our job of scrutinising you.