I'm not going to be taking a position today other than that of the Government, and the Government's position is to proceed with a consultation, which I think is the right approach. I think there are a lot of strong feelings that we've heard today on this issue, and I think that a consultation is the right way forward, and the place that I'm speaking from is only from the position of constituents who live in my constituency, who live in Ystrad Mynach, and will be affected by what happens to the track. So, all I really want to do is to ask the Senedd and the Government to consider the impact of any decision on those constituents.

I wrote to the planning committee, when the planning application came in, with my concerns about the application, which was registered as part of the planning process, and particularly the fact that the only racetrack in Wales is built on a floodplain—and Delyth has already mentioned that. I think that there are some wider consequences of the ban that will directly affect that, or any regulation that will directly affect that. The activity that's taking place on the track at the moment includes informal mediation of the river in order to, in their own interests, prevent the ingress of water onto the track. So, there is some form of flood prevention happening there.

I've been to visit the track, I've met with Hope Rescue and I've met with the Dogs Trust and have had these conversations. I think it's really important that any Member voting on this at any point in the future visits that track and has a look at what's going on there. And I'm concerned that the closure of the track would lead to a potential flood risk in that area, and also what it would leave behind would be derelict land, and derelict land is something that you do not want near a floodplain and you do not want in that community.

That's my concern, not directly to do with the racing—