Simon Thomas made reference to the fact that we were reintroducing some of these ideas and we should make no apology for that. I’d like to take this opportunity to reintroduce to Assembly Members some of the findings of the report of the Environment and Sustainability Committee of the last Assembly. The last debate in this place in the last Assembly was on 'A Smarter Energy Future for Wales' and policy priorities for the new Welsh Government. And the first short debate in the current Assembly term was mine, which reintroduced some of the recommendations contained within that report, which includes, of course, the need to establish an entity such as Ynni Cymru.

That report demonstrates the challenge that we’re facing, but all of that in the context of the powers that we already have. It’s not a matter of 'Well, if we have these additional powers, we could do that.' All of the content of that report was based on what the current Government could deliver within the current settlement.

Now, it made reference to Germany, of course, where the ambition is clear: by 2050, ensure that 80 per cent of energy comes from renewable sources, but simultaneously by that point, that they should cut energy use in buildings by 80 per cent, and in light of that, create millions of jobs and also add to their GDP. It is a transformational programme in that nation.

It’s also worth looking at somewhere like Uruguay, which has a population similar to Wales, and has ensured that, in less than 10 years, 95 per cent of its energy comes from renewable sources. That, of course, reduces its carbon footprint, but also reduces bills for its citizens, simultaneously. It’s not as if we don’t have the natural resources to emulate much of this; we do have the core resources required to be just as ambitious, but, of course, we have to be just as proactive, too, and not just expect things to happen without us doing that deliberately.