Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Cabinet Secretary, you will be aware that there are many issues in terms of rail services around Newport. Commuters are often on grossly overcrowded trains travelling to Bristol, for example. There are issues of people being asked to stand in toilets to allow more people to get on, people fainting, people being left on the platforms, issues of unreliability and, indeed, affordability—prices have gone up substantially by, I think, around a third over 10 years, without a commensurate improvement in quality of service. Understandably, people are often very annoyed, if not demoralised. Groups like the Severn tunnel action group and those campaigning for a Magor station have conducted surveys that clearly demonstrate that level of passenger dissatisfaction and the lack of quality in the services they experience.

So, in that context, Cabinet Secretary, I know many people are very much hoping that the new Wales and borders franchise will include those cross-border services, for example to Bristol. They would very much like to hear from you that you will continue to press UK Government for the inclusion of those services in the franchise, and also to hear from you that if that inclusion does take place, these issues of overcrowding, of unreliability, of affordability will be addressed and effectively addressed in that new Wales and borders franchise.