Can I thank David Rowlands for his contribution and again recognise the clear support that is forthcoming from his party for our position on rail devolution? I'd like to thank David Rowlands as well for recognising the importance of the private sector to our prosperity in Wales, and that is vitally important, particularly at this moment in time when we do face uncertainty over Brexit still. Whilst enjoying record low unemployment, we wish to develop a country that has more high-quality job opportunities for its citizens.

And we have engaged quite extensively with the business community through business councils in the development of transport proposals. For example, in developing our vision for the metro in north Wales, we engaged and consulted with Deeside professionals. We've also engaged with the West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber of Commerce. We've engaged with the business council for north Wales as well, ensuring that the needs of businesses across the region are recognised in the development of our plans.

Fast and efficient transport links are absolutely vital in growing businesses and in attracting inward investment, particularly in areas of Wales that are close to the border. It's all too easy sometimes to allow our competitors to take jobs and opportunities through not investing in infrastructure, and that's why it's vitally important that the UK Government steps up and invests with capital in rail transport.

In terms of local authority bus companies, this is just one of the provisions—if you like, one of the tools—that will be available in the legislation that's going to be coming forward, and the ability for councils to be able to run their own bus companies of course is something that could be considered in rural areas where there is no competition, or where there is equally no provision. And it's just one of the tools that we'll be providing for in the legislation that's going to be introduced in the spring to this Chamber.

I would agree also with the Member in what he said about the co-location of services. It aligns very neatly as well with our town-centre-first approach to public investment, to the public sector locating in areas where it can generate town-centre income for shop owners and service providers. And a good example of how we're looking at co-locating services is in Wrexham, with the Wrexham gateway vision, where we will be investing in Wrexham General station, but where I'm pleased to say that we will be purchasing land at the kop end of Wrexham Racecourse. It's a particularly proud moment for Welsh Government to be in a position to do that, because it could lead to the transformation of that particular areas, that gateway area of Wrexham, bringing in more services at a historic site.