People want to live in communities that are unique, that are personal, not some carbon copy of every other town and village. People don't want to live, nor do they want to visit, clone towns that offer nothing exciting, personal or dynamic. What work, therefore, has the Welsh Government done to streamline the process of community asset purchase and when will we see the Senedd codifying the rights of communities over their local assets? What consideration has the Welsh Government given to the introduction of a community empowerment Bill, as suggested by the Institute of Welsh Affairs? Such a Bill would create a register of community assets, and give communities a statutory right of first refusal over these assets when their proposed sale comes up. Would the Welsh Government establish a community asset fund based on the successful Scottish land fund that distributes between £5,000 and £1 million to start to address this issue?

In Cardiff, we hear often of threatened facilities, nearly every week: the Roath Park pub on City Road; the old Bethel Chapel in Morganstown; Canton community centre; the Maindy velodrome—think about the Maindy velodrome for one minute—the only sporting facility still standing in the city from when the Commonwealth Games visited in 1958. On that very velodrome, Geraint Thomas started training, Colin Jackson started training, Nicole Cooke started training, and yet we want to get rid of that historic sporting venue.