Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I so move.

I speak as a user and a supporter of the National Library of Wales. And can I also remind everyone here that the Conservative group in the Senedd has deposited its archive in the national library? I do hope the other political parties will do this as well, because the preservation of our political memories is as important as the preservation of other aspects of the soul craft, if I can put it that way, of the Welsh nation.

I want to commend the principle of a tailored review. I am pleased the Welsh Government has done this, because it does bring a very precise focus. And I think this review was an excellent exercise, really exacting, and it's allowed us to make a really important decision, and I commend the Welsh Government for the announcement it made yesterday. I do think it's appropriate. I think the issue now is that we have a sustainable model for the future, and that will probably be the work of the next Senedd to scrutinise that that is delivered, but I think it would be churlish not to welcome the progress that has been made, and I've no doubt that the Minister will speak to this and the Welsh Government's approach. It's probably a happy coincidence that the events have come together this afternoon.

I do also want to commend the innovative nature of the National Library of Wales. I think, in the twenty-first century, in the era of digitalisation, for example, it really has led the way in the shift to ensure that as much is made digitally available, and then in its outreach work to ensure that these rich resources are known to people and that they're known to communities perhaps that haven't previously accessed them to the level that we would like. So, I do think that's important, and I know one of the key worries that the library staff had about an insecure funding position was that this sort of work may not be planned or carried out to the extent that it would like in the future.

I think it's also overlooked quite a lot what a magnificent national institution we have right in the middle of Wales, there in Aberystwyth. It's a really important anchor institution for the mid Wales economy, and indeed for cultural and intellectual life in mid Wales, particularly those beyond the university but also including the university. So I think, again, securing the future of the national library is important for that reason also.

And I just want to finish by saying that, really, what a great national library does—and we have a wonderful record here—is preserve the soul of the nation. It reminds us what we are, what we were, and, through that, what we might become. And it's that vision that really excites me, and that's the particular reason I welcome the investment that is now going to be made to—[Inaudible.] And I do hope that it leads to a really effective, sustainable model on an exacting basis, which of course is quite appropriate for the use of public funds, which is why a tailored review was a good approach. Thank you.