Thank you for the statement. I have to tell the Minister that this is far more than an inconvenience, and I also have to say that the situation is far more serious than the way the Conservative spokesperson dealt with it. I think there are three fundamental questions. First of all, the priority: what steps are being taken to respond to this, to keep traffic flowing, to mitigate risk? Secondly, the state of the bridge: how was this allowed to happen in the first instance? How can we find the best way to reopen safely? And thirdly, what will the response be in order to ensure long-term resilience?

In terms of the response now, there are so many layers to this: ensuring that there are no barriers to emergency vehicles; how to get key workers to work—Ysbyty Gwynedd staff particularly, but far more than that—how to get people out of their cars—more trains stopping in more stations, more buses, encouraging more use of park and rides, shuttle buses and so on. Will the walkway be open throughout this period? That's not entirely clear. Can the path near the railway line on the Britannia bridge be used for some purpose? That's something I've raised in the past.

There is pressure on health services. What steps will be taken to improve provision on the island at Penrhos Stanley Hospital, for example? What about plans to reduce the need to close Britannia bridge in high winds, and the emergency plans, lorry parks and so on if closure is necessary? What about plans for mitigation in the port of Holyhead? As I said, there are so many elements to this—too long a list to expect a response on all of them from the Minister—but there are hardly any robust measures set out to date. We must hear about those measures as a matter of urgency. And also, if I may say, we will need investment. So, can we have a commitment of additional resources to the local authority, who will have to deliver many elements of this? 

Let's return to the second element: how did this happen? We've had a description of the inspection programme that led to Friday's statement, but there are still questions for me. How could things have deteriorated so quickly, getting to such a critical point, it would appear, in such a brief period of time? It's a lot of work to look after a bridge of this kind—it's certainly not as easy as Lewis Carroll suggested in Through the Looking-Glass: