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UK Government's Energy Policy

I will be very disappointed if I take up all that time, Mr Caton. Making the last Back-Bench contribution provides an opportunity to reflect on observations made in other speeches. I was disappointed that the shadow Secretary of State for Wales, the right hon. Member for Neath, was not prepared to give way to me earlier. I wanted to congratulate him on making it clear that he recognises that the previous Government never made a financial commitment or put any resources towards the Severn barrage project. We all recognise that he is the most outspoken advocate of the Severn barrage project, although while sitting here during the debate I have reflected on the fact that there is one other advocate who is probably even more determined in her support, and that is Mrs Hain. There is a great curiosity to consider. I look at the right hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth and remember that, when I first came to the House, he and I spent a good deal of time in Committee discussing legislation related to carrying forward the Cardiff bay barrage, of which he was a determined supporter. I seem to remember that there was rather less support from his fellow Cardiff MP, Rhodri Morgan, and from the right hon. Member for Neath. It is a curiosity and an irony that every building that has opened at Cardiff Bay since that time has had pictures of the glowing, smiling faces of those two individuals. That event would not have taken place without the efforts of the right hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth.