Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd, and I'm pleased to move the amendments, and I'm pleased to take part in this debate. I'm not sure we discuss planning very often, but it's very, very important. To reciprocate the generosity of the Minister in bringing this forward this afternoon, I'd like to start in an area where there is undoubted agreement, and that is that good planning and development of coherent places is essential for the long-term health and well-being of the people of Wales. If I could quote the Royal Town Planning Institute:

'cities will be the places that determine the health and the wellbeing of the majority of the population in the twenty-first century. As the costs linked to health conditions are increasingly unsustainable and are expected to increase in the years to come, we need to take a long-term, preventive and proactive view to promote healthy cities.'

And, of course, this goes for towns and even for villages as well. It's very important that we have effective and ambitious planning. For instance, green spaces provide a natural escape within densely populated and bustling neighbourhoods, for residents and workers alike. As a recent study reported in The Guardian said, researchers found that each degree of increase in surrounding greenness led to a 5 per cent improvement in the development of short-term working memory over a period of one year. Additionally, if we analyse the impact that a well-designed development with better transport infrastructure could have on air quality, there are also significant benefits to be made for the long-term health and well-being of residents.

So, I agree that we need to be more ambitious in our vision, and I'm delighted to say, Llywydd, that the Welsh Conservatives will be bringing forward our own ideas in a policy document that we're publishing on Thursday, in advance of our conference on Friday; I'm not supposed to give that a plug, I suspect, but you are generous as ever.

If I can turn to point 2, we've amended this just because I don't want to give such an open endorsement to the Government's approach, though I am pleased to watch their work in progress, if I can put it that way. So, our first amendment just emphasises the need to adapt our systems and make them more holistic, so that the built environment, in particular, can ensure there's an increase in the supply of land for housing. This is not a housing debate, and I've often pointed out the UK's housing crisis, which unfortunately is as bad in Wales as it is in any other part of the country. So, I do want to see a more effective system that increases the supply of land for housing, and then for that housing to be built, and for it to be built to a high standard, both in the design of each house, but also in the overall neighbourhood design and integration of green spaces, and sustainable transport systems and the like.

We really do need to do this at pace. I think that's the argument I would make here, and I'm very much hoping that the affordable housing review will say that we need to increase very significantly the supply of new homes. Of course, that will require very high-quality planning. Those homes are going to be around for decades and decades to come, so we want to ensure that we make the best of things for future generations as well.

And point 3, then, the only issue I have here, really, is that these matters are pretty much out to consultation, so I'm not sure they need to be so strongly endorsed as coherent national placemaking. At the moment, though, as I said, I do see this as work in progress and we look forward to taking part in this, because I think there can be many areas of real deep agreement, and it's certainly in the public interest that we find those and that we do our best for present and future generations. So, I would just like to see the consultation responses to the two documents, one of which only went out a couple of weeks ago, come back. So, I think we need a bit more information. But, as I said, it's meant to be a constructive amendment, though I suspect it won't get much support from the Government, but it's important that we put it on record.

And then, point 4. I think it's important—I'd agree with this, what the Government said—to emphasise the role of professionals in delivering the highest quality places that we can get. There is an issue around that expertise in the planning departments, and that's a welcome review.

I see time is rapidly running out. Can I just say we will support the Plaid Cymru amendment, because I think it's very important that TAN 20 does get reviewed and the place of Welsh-speaking communities in this is really important? I'm not going to commit the Welsh Conservatives to having a separate Welsh planning inspectorate. I'm open to the argument, but I don't think it's been made yet, and it's really important we get the highest quality expertise and professionals coming from England to work in Wales and vice versa. So, I'm not so sure about that bit. But I still want to support your amendment, because of what it says about TAN 20. Thank you, Llywydd.