Are rural local authorities consistently dealt a raw deal when it comes to the block grant from the Welsh Government? The answer to that is 'yes'. I listened to Dai Lloyd's contribution. The UK Government has provided an extra £550 million in this next financial year, but that extra funding has not been passed on, certainly not to rural councils across mid and north Wales.

My own local authority area of Powys has had the poorest or joint poorest budget settlement in nine out of the last 10 years. That's £100 million being taken out of their budget, and that is, of course, an unsustainable situation that has inevitably affected the delivery of essential local services. As Mark Isherwood, my colleague, has already pointed out, we see Cardiff council get an increase but rural authorities across mid and north Wales having decreases. Yes, Mike Hedges.