I and colleagues have brought this matter up time and time again. Communities in my region are underserved when it comes to public transport. It doesn't help that there's a lack of investment in rail from the UK Government, for example. If we look at Ogmore, the vast majority of the constituency isn't covered by rail. And this isn't a unique characteristic of Ogmore; this is something that is seen across Wales. As I’ve said before, valleys in my region are solely reliant on bus services for public transport—from the Ogmore valleys to the Neath valleys and to the Swansea valleys. A lot of these areas are reliant on these services and, despite this, services are under constant threat of being cut or being altered because they are no longer profitable.

Now, the reality is that so long as bus services are in the hands of companies that are driven by profit, they will never be driven by the needs of our communities. That's the bottom line. Another failure of Thatcherite policy and one we need to grapple with. We know that, where services are needed, largely in low-income communities, they are pretty much non-existent and of poor quality, but where people can afford to pay more for these services, then the quality of the service is great. Huw has made the point already—and both Huw and I often bump into each other on public transport—but we do need to prioritise its use. We need to encourage others to use it. We are on the verge of simply making this problem worse, and, ultimately, if we want to realise a vision of a green Wales where public transport is the primary mode of transport, we need to get buses right, and we need to encourage their use above all else. That means publicly owned, that means community involvement in mapping routes—power anywhere where there's people.

I'm also glad to hear school transport being raised, an issue that we desperately need to resolve. The rain we've had over the past few days, and kids have been walking in that rain, over an hour, getting to school soaking wet. On school transport, I would appreciate clarity on two points. First, does the Welsh Government have a role here? Depending on who you ask, you get different responses. Secondly, typically, how are contracts paid for? Are they by route or are they by child? We have examples of half-empty buses passing kids, for example, and we have examples of buses stopping on streets with some kids on that street able to access the bus and others not because of a sibling rule, which I know is in use in Bridgend; it could be in use in other local authorities. They cannot access the service, fundamentally, and parents are desperate to see their kids arrive at school safely and dry, and I would hope for some clarity on that issue from the Minister.