Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. The Institute for Welsh Affairs report released this week made for grim reading. It concluded that Welsh communities are the least empowered in the UK. This was echoed during a conversation I had this week with somebody involved in the efforts to restore the Abertillery Stute, a once magnificent building that has seen better days but could once again be the hub of the community. That person told me that many people they spoke to about the project have been given hope that things could change for the better in that community.

If communities were empowered like they are in Scotland, things might be much different for people, and they may have hope. In Scotland, there is a statutory right to buy community assets when they come up for sale or for transfer, but they don't have anything like that in Wales. Even communities in Tory-governed England have more rights when it comes to community ownership of buildings. If we are to endanger—. Oh, 'endanger'—. If we are to engender healthy, resilient and empowered communities, this anomaly needs rectifying before it's too late. Thank you very much for bringing this debate forward, Rhys. Diolch.