Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:54 pm on 7 February 2018.
I'm coming to that very point, and I should say that the Welsh Government has not, and nor will it, make a decision without fully and diligently considering the inspector's findings and conclusions, and that's why the Welsh Government has tabled the amendment that it has today.
I will say something on the issue of the Assembly, and its role concerning the voting on stand-alone projects. On finance for this particular project, the Cabinet Secretary has already stated that the public inquiry will be allowed to report before any allocation decisions are made, and these allocation decisions will be reported to the National Assembly. And, where they need the approval of the National Assembly in subsequent budgets, that approval must and will be sought. I've listened very carefully to Members who have made the argument that, because of the scale of this particular project, it deserves special procedures. But, as a Parliament, I do think that we need to think carefully about how stand-alone financing of stand-alone projects would operate.