I've met with the board. I've met at a political level and at an official level with leaders of local authorities and with chief executives. At an official level within Government, we're also engaged on a regular basis insofar as the projects are concerned within the growth deal bid, and it's my view that the ask for the establishment of a transport authority in the north would be very welcome. I look forward to scrutinising precisely what it is that the bid proposes, and with a view to supporting that bid.

What I wish to see happen with the growth deal in north Wales is that in 20 years' time, we can look back and identify that deal as having been transformational for the region. And in order to be truly transformational, I think it must focus on key components that drive productivity and economic growth—investment in skills, investment in transport and infrastructure, and in ensuring that there's the right regional vehicle in place long term to serve economic development in north Wales. On all three of those key components, we're making good progress, but I wish the deal and I wish people proposing all of the projects within the deal to have heroic ambition in this regard.