Thank you, Presiding Officer. I probably agree with the Minister's first response today. Can I thank the Presiding Officer and can I move the amendments in the name of my colleague, Darren Millar? I appreciate the Government won't agree with this—I heard the Minister's comments earlier—but £114 million has been wasted in developing a scheme, as well as the public inquiry, which already looked at 28 alternatives to the M4 relief road. All of the associated evidence has been considered by an independent public inquiry, only for the project to be scrapped, and the Welsh Government has spent a large amount of public money and public funds on preparing for the M4 project and the inquiry, only for the First Minister to reject the findings with, I'm afraid, no real alternative plan or targets in place.

Now, as I said earlier in my remarks to the economy and transport Minister, I am sceptical that the new commission that's been established can come up with any different conclusions in the space of just six months than the public inquiry did, which looked at the issues over many, many years, over a cost of £44 million to the public purse. And I do agree with Plaid's second point to their motion today that I think that the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales is well-placed to look at infrastructure planning in the wider term as well.

Plaid Cymru's motion today calls for the rapid development of a long-term vision for a green, sustainable, integrated Welsh transport network. Well, that should have been exactly what's been happening over the last six years. I'm sure Plaid Cymru would agree with that as well. I've had the opportunity, as have other Members, to look over in more detail the public inquiry report.

Now, my notes are quite extensive on the report in terms of highlighting the conclusions of the inspector when it comes to the consideration of environmental considerations of the Welsh Government's own scheme. Time limits me in what I can say, but I would point out the inspector's conclusions on carbon emissions, which are outlined on page 400 of the report. They say that the Welsh Government's carbon calculations were detailed and thorough, but they have overestimated the generations of emissions:

'the scheme would alleviate congestion and eradicate excessive emissions from stop-start traffic.'

The scheme would not adversely affect the Welsh Government's carbon reduction policies or frustrate its public ambitions for meeting reduction targets, and

'the scheme would, perhaps uniquely, be carbon-neutral over time', and

'would be beneficial for the overall environment'.

That's the conclusions of the inspector in agreeing with the Welsh Government's own proposals. The inspector concluded that the Welsh Government's carbon-related evidence was sound and consistent with the well-being of future generations Act. And I think the point here is—and it's a highly-unusual position to be in—that, in rejecting the scheme, the First Minister seems to be positioning the Welsh Government firmly against not only the Welsh Government's own proposals for the M4 relief road, but also its own legislation, which is on the statute book. The economy Minister gave his view on this matter earlier today. I certainly would be interested in hearing from the First Minister and the Welsh Government Minister responsible for the environment whether they believe that the legislation contained within the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 and the well-being of future generations Act is sufficiently robust or now requires amendment.

The congestion on the M4 motorway is one of the most worrying examples of, I think, the Welsh Government's poor management, I'm afraid, of Wales's transport network, and, despite the importance of the M4 route, there is still no practical solution to the congestion issues on the road. So, in conclusion, Presiding Officer, the rapid development of a long-term vision for a green and sustainable integrated Welsh transport network, which includes giving priority to addressing the congestion issues around Newport, which Plaid Cymru call for in the motion today, I believe would have been largely achieved by the Welsh Government's own proposed scheme.