May I first of all answer the last part of the question? There has been no application for additional financial support made to the Welsh Government this year from the WRU. We have contributed the usual sum to the union, which is £880,000—I apologise, £853,000 this year. We have also contributed towards Conwy County Borough Council, where I happen to reside—I should perhaps declare an interest as a result of that—for work on the development of Parc Eirias. That is a capital investment.

I do regularly speak to the rugby union as I do with the Football Association of Wales and a number of other sporting bodies and associations of all kinds, and, of course, Sport Wales too. But there have been no negotiations, and I wouldn’t expect there to be, because it’s clear to me that the WRU or the regions have yet to agree what they wish to do. As one who recalls the discussions of the past, back at the beginning of 2003 particularly, I think it’s important that these negotiations happen between the clubs and the new professional board so that they can find a way forward before they consider any sort of funding. I wish them well in the process of doing that, because I do want to see the game strengthened. But, it needs to be strengthened the length and breadth of Wales, and I am still looking at the success of Ireland, and the very interesting situation there, where the regional teams are owned by the rugby union there. Now, it’s not my role, as sports Minister, to suggest any such approach in Wales, but there are different models of support that are possible.