The Brexit Party welcomes the intervention by the UK Government to enable the airline Flybe to continue its operations, as we recognise its importance to Cardiff Airport. There are some who seek to criticise the Government for their support for Flybe, pointing out that no such support package was forthcoming to Thomas Cook. However, do you agree there is no huge cash injection from the Government for Flybe? They have simply agreed to defer debt sold for air passenger tax for some three months, said to amount to some £100 million.

And it is also true that a proper analysis of the two companies' operations shows why this intervention is justifiable, in that Flybe is almost exclusively a European and British internal passenger carrier, primarily serving British regional airports, giving these regional airports, including, of course, Cardiff, vital access to UK and European airports. Will you also agree with the assertion that the overall debts of Flybe, being only a tenth of the size of Thomas Cook's, are also small in comparison and, therefore, it has a viable future?

The Flybe operation facilitates not only internal holiday travel but also acts as a vital business link, especially where time is of the essence. A trip from Cardiff to Edinburgh, for instance, is possible in a day by air, but virtually impossible by train or car. Flybe is also crucial to other parts of the UK, which include the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Belfast, and New Quay in Cornwall, which all, of course, link into Cardiff in one way or another. Passengers say that other ways of travel are not an option, with one quoting a trip from London to Newquay by train would take some five hours.

Again, returning closer to home, of course Flybe is a crucial airline for Cardiff Airport, being one of its biggest carriers. So, do you agree it is essential from a Welsh perspective to keep the airline in business? The possibility of cutting air passenger duty could also provide a boost for Cardiff.