It's baffling as to why you are conducting the franchise tendering process under such a thick veil of secrecy. Unlike the UK Government's Department for Transport and Transport Scotland, you are refusing to publish the invitation-to-tender documents that have been issued to bidders. If you did publish those documents, people in Wales—the people who are herded onto those train services every day—would have the opportunity to analyse the criteria and offer ideas as to ways in which they could be improved. The mistakes of the last rail franchise for Wales can be laid at the door of an arm's-length Westminster body.

As a frequent traveller on the Valleys lines coming down from the Rhondda, it's no surprise to me to see customer satisfaction with rail services in Wales has dropped. The conditions are often appalling. If things don't improve this time, there'll be no hiding place for you and for your Labour Cabinet colleagues. Why not publish the franchise documents, get the people involved, open yourself up to greater scrutiny to deliver a better rail franchise that works for everyone? What are you afraid of?