I'm grateful to the Minister for his statement this afternoon. Ebbw Vale, of course, is synonymous with steel, and many other communities within my constituency, and other people's constituencies, were built on steel, and people employed both in steelworks and in allied industry. Steel matters to all of us, and all of us in Blaenau Gwent have seen the impact of steel closures—the impact on people, on families, on the community as a whole. And we also know that steel remains central to our future. It remains central to the economy of Blaenau Gwent and other parts of this country, and it is essential that an activist Government works with the different owners and businesses to ensure the future of steel. And I'm glad that the Conservatives recognised that during this session this afternoon.

Deputy Presiding Officer, I was interested by the Minister's response to Helen Mary Jones, to Plaid Cymru, and what he said there about the role of energy and the role of sustainability, in terms of the business model that Tata currently has. I recognise what he says about the importance of ensuring that there is a business available to Tata over the coming years, and that we have a business model available to sustain steel, but I also think that there are ways in which the Welsh Government can take a more activist approach. The point the Minister makes about energy is absolutely critical and central to the future of this industry, but we also know that this Government can take an activist approach to ensure that we have energy supplies that are based on renewables, based on sustainability, and also delivered at a price that businesses and consumers can afford to pay.

So I hope the Minister, in responding to the statement this afternoon, and responding to what is happening in Tata at the moment, will take that longer view of the industry and our foundational economic industries, because they all share some of the same and similar challenges and an activist Government can invest in that—not only that industry, but in that economy, to create an economy that is sustainable in market terms, sustainable in financial terms, and sustainable in environmental terms as well.