Can I thank Dawn Bowden for her questions and also say that I've probably learned more about Merthyr in the space of the last 18 or so months from the Member than I have from any books or history lessons? And, again, today, Dawn Bowden gave a fascinating insight into the history of the area that she represents, and I think she was absolutely right to say that transport plays a crucial role in ensuring that the social fabric of our communities remain strong.

I think Maslow's hierarchy of needs identifies that in order for people to live lives that are minimised in terms of stress and anxiety and maximised in terms of fulfilment we need to feel connected—connected emotionally, but also connected physically. The role of transport, therefore, is absolutely crucial. If we don't have good transport connectivity, people and communities can often feel marginalised or excluded—excluded, in particular, from economic growth—and I'm afraid that is what many communities, particularly in the constituency that Dawn Bowden represents, have felt over the last decade or more, since de-industrialisation took root. So, we need to make sure that those communities are better connected, not just with each other but also with the larger urban centres of Cardiff, Newport and other major cities. Better jobs closer to home requires us to invest more heavily in those communities where job prospects are minimal and it also means ensuring that, if you work in Cardiff but would like to live in a community outside of the city, you are able to access work on a more frequent basis—more frequent services and in a timely fashion. So, the metro vision is aimed at better connecting all people across an entire region. It's aiming to ensure that private sector investment is maximised in those Valleys communities and, as well as shaping a long-term vision of the redevelopment of the Valleys, we were also determined to use the metro vision in the short term as a means of, in tandem with the work of the Valleys taskforce, developing the Valleys as an attractive place for investors to develop their businesses.

I can assure the Member that we are looking always at pushing out public sector jobs from areas where there is zero unemployment to areas where there is high unemployment, and I know that officials are looking not just at the maintenance depot that has been raised today, but other opportunities to get public sector work higher up into the north of the Valleys. I'd also say that in the short term we are committed to an ambitious programme of road and rail and active travel infrastructure upgrades specifically designed to meet the needs of people across the region that will be served in the medium and long term by the metro.