I want to focus my remarks on the economy and infrastructure and why the creation of a cross-departmental office for government resilience and efficiency is fundamental if we are to see the end of the silo working that has characterised the performance of successive Welsh Governments over the past 20 years. The establishment of the office at the heart of Government, as outlined earlier by Angela Burns, will ensure that all Government departments of central Government have a laser-like focus on working in a cross-departmental way, delivering projects that require substantial investment in transport and infrastructure on time and on budget—something that hasn't so often occurred to date. Surely, this is an ambition that can command cross-party support.

Many projects require substantial investment, and transport and infrastructure are notorious, as we all know, for running over budget, whilst taking longer and longer to complete. The list is long: the Circuit of Wales, Cardiff Airport, enterprise zones, £157 million wasted on the mothballed M4 road to nowhere. Angela Burns mentioned that £157 million. What about the £15 million spent on properties along the M4 relief road, compulsory purchased? They remain assets of the Welsh Government. But what about the legal costs and the professional fees that have been wasted in buying those properties? And we think of the two properties that were purchased just last year, two months before the Welsh Government scrapped the entire project. So one Government department buys two properties; two months later, another Government department—the First Minister's office—scraps the very project that the properties were purchased for. Isn't that an example of why we need this office?

Paul Davies mentioned a number of reports from the Wales Audit Office, or Audit Wales as it's now called—the overspends on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road, the £60 million overspend on the removal of asbestos at Glangwili hospital—highlighting the lack of sufficient mechanisms within the Welsh Government to properly plan and deliver long-term projects. Those are the words of Audit Wales, not my words: 'the lack of sufficient mechanisms within the Welsh Government'. As I've previously said in this Chamber, Presiding Officer, the Welsh Government has been guilty of a failure to properly plan for long-term delivery of road infrastructure and road improvement schemes, a failure to appropriately manage the procurement and delivery of road schemes, and a failure to support Wales's road network with appropriate levels of financing.

I remain concerned with this ongoing lack of planning to deliver infrastructure projects on time. And in spite of plenty of assurances to the contrary, we still see no change in this area. We need to start delivering responsive, high-quality, efficient and accessible public services that represent value for money for the Welsh taxpayer, by establishing an office to deliver cross-Government efficiency and public sector transformation, which has responsibility for ensuring public value, planning, performance, and supporting procurement. In my view, Presiding Officer, a new Welsh Government office for Government resilience and efficiency would be a critical friend. It would provide the clear, cross-departmental oversight and robust scrutiny that is required and is necessary to ensure that taxpayers' money is spent appropriately and is not being wasted by the Welsh Government. I urge Members to support our motion today.