Thank you very much for the reply, Minister, but work to widen the Heads of the Valleys road between Gilwern and Brynmawr began in 2014 and was due to end next month. In April it was announced that the completion date had been put back to 2020 and would cost an extra £54 million. Now we know and we hear that this project will not be completed until the end of next year. But it's claimed that this will not have an impact on the overall cost of the scheme.

Minister, have you discussed this matter with the Minister for Economy and Transport? And can you confirm that this delay will not in fact increase the funding required to complete this scheme, above the £324 million it's already expected to cost?