Of course, traffic congestion itself is polluting, and people, having more options than they did 50 years ago, will continue to use cars because of convenience, necessity, weather, locality or simply the freedom of the road. As you say, you're going to pause on all new road schemes while you review your existing commitments, so as you say, it's not an absolute door shut—it's a delay. Of course, the cars of the future are going to be different vehicles, more environmentally friendly, very different technology, so it's not simply a trade-off, pro or anti-environment. It's different technology, different options, different choices in the future.

In 2007, a Welsh Government consultation identified eight options for easing traffic congestion crossing to and from Anglesey, including a new bridge. I raised this with the previous First Minister exactly four years ago, in June 2017, here. I said:

'clearly, congestion on the existing Menai and Britannia bridges has been a problem for many years. It’s a decade since a Welsh Government-commissioned report identified eight options, including a new bridge, but that didn’t go forward to delivery. You said last May'— in 2016—

'that you’d promise to make the third crossing your priority for north Wales if you form a Government and, of course, your Government announced before Christmas'— in 2016—

'that it had appointed consultants to look at routes for a proposed new crossing to Anglesey, which could begin by 2021 if it gets the go-ahead.'

I asked him to

'provide an assurance that we’re not going to have a re-run of 2007 when we had similar assurances after a commissioned report was produced for the Welsh Government and that you envisage this going ahead'.

The First Minister at the time replied:

'We have appointed Aecom to support our next phase of the development work. That will result in the announcement of a preferred route in May 2018. Our aim is to see the third Menai crossing open in 2022.'

That was a pledge four years ago. How watertight are pledges today, or do you have something to tell us about the Menai crossing?

Finally, speaking here last month, I called for a Welsh Government statement on its current position regarding the A55/A494/A548 Flintshire corridor. The Labour Welsh Government announced in 2017 they'd decided on the Flintshire red route option to the A55 at Northop. I subsequently raised constituents' concerns regarding this with the former economy Minister on many occasions, highlighting issues including environmental impact on habitats, meadows and ancient woodland. Last September, he said that they were due to carry out some environmental investigations along the preferred route in autumn 2020. Last October, he said, 'We're continuing with the next stage of development on the Flintshire corridor improvement, and are currently procuring a designer to develop the design of proposals in more detail'. It sounds like a lot of money's been spent.

Last December, he told me that this route was determined to be the most suitable for the challenge that we face in that particular area of Wales. Personally, I oppose the red route and I'm grateful if this delay might lead to that route actually being cancelled. But, nonetheless, earlier this year before the election I attended a briefing with Welsh Government transport officials, who told me that the Welsh Government traffic forecasts for the Flintshire corridor were up, up, up. They weren't going to go backwards, whatever scenario the Welsh Government had modelled. So, what consideration have you given to alternative options to deal with that Welsh Government-forecast traffic increase?