Thank you very much, Llywydd. I'm pleased to have the opportunity to move this motion today, which relates directly to the everyday lives of thousands of people. How we travel for work or for leisure has a major impact on our standard of living. It has an impact on our economic opportunities as individuals and as communities. The quality, availability and choices in terms of transport can influence our health, and also affects the environment. That's why, in the context of rail, the last franchise period was so painful for us here in Wales. I felt for those working for Arriva very often, because the very grave failings of that franchise were largely based on the way in which it was created by the UK Government back in the early years of devolution.

That's why I have been very willing to give guarded support to the new model that we have, giving more accountability, allowing us to move to a period of growth in terms of rail in Wales, and allowing us to be more ambitious through the Transport for Wales model. Perhaps because of that hope, people have been so disappointed to see some of the intense problems that have cast a shadow over the first few months of Transport for Wales Rail. When we see trains being cancelled, trains being overcrowded, and delivery of new trains being postponed time and time again, that's the exact thing that we needed not to see as Welsh Government tried to regain the confidence of the people of Wales in their train services.

One of those problems is the future of the Pacer trains, which are trains that are used by thousands of people. There are genuine concerns that the slowness of the Government in terms of forward planning in terms of rolling stock is leading us now into a very uncertain period for passengers. What we're trying to do through this motion today is look for that assurance that we haven't had so far, although we've raised this issue several times—myself and several Members on these benches in this Senedd.