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The Budget

May I thank the hon. Gentleman for his welcome of some of the detailed parts of the Budget? He is making a much better speech than the one that I heard from the shadow Secretary of State, who seemed to stick to macro-economics and was not concerned with the state of the Welsh economy. I understand the concern about the electrification not going down to Swansea, but the Government have said that we will work with the Welsh Assembly Government on the business case and the electrification of the valleys lines. We have not ruled out further electrification down to Swansea; that is still on the table. That is being done in stages, and I hope that he will welcome that, because I think it is an important point on the whole improvement of the infrastructure—[ Interruption. ] I can see that the hon. Gentleman is being prompted by the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, but I can assure him that that is the case.