I would absolutely agree with you that there have been some achievements in Wales over the period of devolution and Dai referred to some of them: the carrier bag levy that we proposed on these benches, for example; the protection of school playing fields, which was also something that we proposed; the implementation of new legislation on mental health—also something that came from these benches too—which I would like to celebrate; and, indeed, the collaborative work that we all did in terms of the introduction of a ban on smoking in public places. So, there have been some significant achievements, I think, over the past number of years, but of course we mustn't forget either that there have also been some significant failings of the Labour Government and that, of course, is the focus of our motion.

So, we think it’s a matter of deep regret that our education system is the worst in the United Kingdom. That’s because of choices that have been made by the Labour Party and the helpers of the Labour Party over the years in terms of their policy decisions, which have been implemented. We believe that it’s a matter of deep regret that our health service falls behind on so many measures as well with other health services in parts of the United Kingdom too. We also believe that it’s a matter of deep regret that our economy is still one of the poorest in Europe, in spite of the fact that we have been the recipients of significant sums of EU aid, all of which have been managed by the Welsh Labour-led Governments over the past 20 years.

That’s why we think that it’s important to draw the distinction between devolution and the performance of the Government here and that’s the purpose behind our motion. I very much hope that people will support it when it comes to voting later this afternoon.