These committee reports are very helpful, and they reveal the real Russell George, I think, which we've seen as Chair of the committee, not the Russell George we'll see, perhaps, in the next debate. I think this is the true personality of the reasonable Assembly Member that is Russell George.

It's worth remembering that Adam Price referred to the city deal, during the previous economic debate, as the snake oil of city regions, and, in some ways, you can be critical of city deals for the fact that if they aren't connected to anything else, they're not likely to be successful. However, we've also got the Valleys taskforce delivery plan and we've got the Cabinet Secretary's economic plan. If those things are tied in together, then you get a much better economy of scale that can then deliver some of the issues that are reflected in the report. Therefore, I can see why, perhaps, the declining of some of the recommendations of the report was done by the Government. So, the declining of recommendation 10 on issues of accountability, but also the regional focus, is because they have to tie into the economic plan and into the Valleys taskforce. I can understand that, even though it's a bit disappointing that then you can't blur those boundaries across areas.

From my perspective, I think the city deals themselves, of themselves, on their own, are insufficient, but working together with those makes perfect sense, and what's important to me is that the city deal delivers for this area that I've described, in the north of my constituency, as the northern Valleys—those communities tucked away from the M4 and A465 Heads of the Valleys road that, perhaps, have not enjoyed the same level of investment as those places located closer to those transport hubs. That's why I've tried to develop this concept. Again, it's encouraging that the Government is recognising in some of their responses to the recommendations that we can serve those areas better by having those boundaries.

The city deal can facilitate, for example, strategic development planning, and I think strategic development planning is a fourth tool that can be added to draw things like housing, investment and business north, into the northern Valleys communities. Better Jobs Closer to Home should not mean that those communities are cut off, and, therefore, in addition to strategic development planning, transport planning is also key. The south Wales metro will also be a key factor in delivering this.

I'm pleased that the two Cabinet Secretaries have accepted the majority of the recommendations of the report. We have to provide a mechanism and a structure for joined-up working, and I think that it's based in this plan, with issues of accountability and regional focus being at its heart. If we can bear this in mind and we can get it right, then I know the Welsh Government will make it work, and I'll be supporting them in doing just that, but, at the same time, being a critical friend and bringing to this Chamber those issues where I feel the city deal doesn't work.