Llywydd, some of the best wages in Wales are paid in north Wales, particularly in north-east Wales. What we want to see is an economy that is growing, where there is therefore more money to spend on public services, but where the growth in our economy comes from those jobs that offer people an opportunity not simply to survive but to thrive in their own lives. That certainly means paying at least the real living wage.

I pay tribute to Monmouth council which, although not yet accredited, is a payer of the real living wage. There is leadership to be shown by our public services here in Wales in order to encourage more companies in the private sector to follow suit. All health boards in Wales pay at or above the real living wage. Transport for Wales announced yesterday, and was part of the Pierhead celebration, that they too are now a real living wage employer. The universities are already, our national parks are already. We are creating a critical mass of organisations committed to this agenda, and then we want to use their experience to pull the rest of the Welsh economy in the same direction.