One of the arguments put forward in favour of devolution in the late 1990s was that Welsh interests were being neglected. We were told that the problems facing Wales could only be solved by tailor-made solutions created here in Wales. However, in spite of successive generous funding settlements from the UK Government, whereby Wales received over 20 per cent more spend than in England, these problems remain.

Wales still has the weakest economy in the United Kingdom, earning in Wales remains the lowest in the whole of the UK, the Welsh NHS faces a deficit of £97 million as it struggles to meet its set targets, our education service is in crisis as schools have been starved of the cash they need. The Welsh Government has consistently tried to shift the blame for its record of failure onto the alleged Tory austerity. The fact is, for years, the Welsh Government has wasted money, through misuse of taxpayers' money and projects that have failed to deliver.

More than £9 million of public money was spent on the proposed Circuit of Wales before the Minister pulled the plug. The Public Accounts Committee said:

'The Welsh Government made some inexplicable decisions during its initial funding of this project', which included buying a motorcycle company in Buckinghamshire. Fundamental flaws in the way the regeneration investment fund for Wales was managed, overseen and advised cost Welsh taxpayers tens of millions of pounds. Failure in Welsh Government oversight and governance meant that sales of publicly owned land generated less than they should have done. In 2017, concerns were raised about Natural Resources Wales selling timber to a sawmill company without a proper business case. Again, the Public Accounts Committee said there was no evidence to demonstrate whether the contracts represent value for money. [Interruption.] Go on, then.