I welcome the statement and I'm grateful to the Minister for that. People in Blaenau Gwent want a transport system that provides effective connectivity for all of us, connecting us with people, places, services and jobs. We need a vision for public transport that sees transport as a public service and not simply a failing business that puts profit ahead of public need. We saw, Presiding Officer, how Margaret Thatcher destroyed the bus services that we enjoyed across the whole of the Valleys, and then we saw how John Major destroyed the rail network, and we've seen since then how we have not had the investment in rail that we all require.

But I would like to see this strategy be one that is rooted in people's experience and people's needs. We need the integration of buses and train services. We need the re-regulation of bus services. We need the Williams review of rail investment across the United Kingdom to lead to the devolution of rail infrastructure investment, to enable this Government to ensure that we're able to invest in the services that meet the needs of the people, and services that are integrated with other public transport options.

We need to look into services that serve people in towns. I fear that, all too often, we hear of policy initiatives that work well in cities, but don't deliver for towns. Most people in Wales live in small towns, wherever they may be, whether they're in rural Montgomeryshire, rural Dyfed—perhaps I shouldn't use that term—or the Valleys of south Wales, and it is the towns that will be the acid test for this policy. Can somebody travel from Cwm to Rassau to get to work at 8 o'clock in the morning? Can somebody travel from Sirhowy to the bottom end of town to visit a doctor? How will we visit friends and neighbours who are in the Grange hospital in Cwmbran? These are the tests of a transport strategy, and these are the tests that I will be placing on this transport strategy when it is introduced by the Government. Thank you.