Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I want to talk about mapping the Welsh seas. I'm pleased to have an opportunity to present this debate. I'm grateful to Sam Kurtz and Joyce Watson for showing an interest in the topic, and I'm more than happy to give a little of my time for them to contribute before we hear the Minister's response.

One isn't selected from the hat very often to present a short debate, but when your name is pulled from the hat, it's a wonderful opportunity, but it's also quite a headache. We deal with so many issues that are important to our constituents or regions, so how can you choose a subject that will have the greatest impact? But the subject I've chosen today is a follow-up to a short debate that I presented back on 11 July 2018, because that debate did have an impact. It did lead to action from Government and, Minister, my expectations are very high this time too. With the Government having delivered last time, I fully expect you to deliver again this time.

Now, at that point, I was making the case for making Bangor University's research ship, the Prince Madog, which is located in Menai Bridge in my constituency, a national marine research vessel for Wales. This valuable resource faced an uncertain future. We were facing its loss, in fact, and I wanted to see it saved, not because it and its predecessor, the original Prince Madog, were of sentimental importance to me who was brought up on the banks of the Menai, but because it was too important to be lost—supporting jobs locally, an important research tool for Wales, an important tool to attract students to study oceanography at Bangor University, in that department in Menai Bridge that is so widely respected internationally. 

I'm pleased that the Minister at the time understood what was at stake then. The First Minister also understood it; I remember talking to him about the issue, and the Government came to the table and found a way forward to support research using the Prince Madog. We succeeded in giving new life to the vessel, but now we need to build on that. And I will be making a case today that a national programme to map Welsh seas could be a central part of that. I do think that this can be a strategic project of significant national benefit that the Government should lead.