We have the problems of conservation and the environment, the Rural Housing Crisis and the disruption of already poor transport services by the Transport Act 1985 and perpetually high fuel costs.

I should like to draw the House"s attention to the Crisis in Rural Housing.

That independent assessment tells the Government clearly that the Crisis in Rural Housing is continuing apace.

There is an Immediate Rural Housing Crisis.

We must add to that the Rural Housing Crisis, which still exists, despite the advent of Scottish Homes.

However, as a result of those stark images, we sometimes lose contact with the fact that there is also a Rural Housing Crisis.

But the figures highlight the serious extent of a problem that, unless it is adequately addressed, could quickly develop into a Serious Rural Housing Crisis.

He will know that there is a Crisis in Rural Housing in Wales, and that the crisis has become something of a politicised subject.

Does he accept that there is a great Crisis in Rural Housing, whereby rural homeless figures have risen from 14,950 to 20,850 - a rise of 30 per cent over the past five years?

First, the social consequences of doing nothing about the Rural Housing Crisis would be serious.

After all, the Minister's own department's report from the Affordable Rural Housing Commission highlighted the Crisis in Rural Housing in 2004.

He has done a good job, particularly in focusing on the Crisis in Rural Housing.