Diolch. Could I call for two statements, please, firstly on the application of local housing allowance to social rents for supported housing providers? Last Thursday, the UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced that the UK Government was deferring application of the local housing allowance rates on social rents for supported housing until 2019-20 and would then be bringing in a new funding model where costs above the level of the local housing allowance rates in England would have funding devolved to local government for disbursement locally, but in Wales and Scotland an equivalent amount will be provided and it will be for those administrations, he said, to decide how best to allocate the funding. Having spoken at the annual general meeting of a large Supporting People provider in north Wales last Friday where this was raised—and also, very clearly, a concern that the Welsh Government should engage and explain its position on this over the next period of months—I’d be grateful if the Assembly could have a statement to explain how the Welsh Government proposes to respond to that.

Secondly and finally, I’m grateful for a statement regarding the provision of nurses for children with life-shortening conditions. The charity Together for Short Lives has launched a new campaign, You Can Be That Nurse, to encourage more nurses to work with children with life-shortening conditions. They refer to evidence showing a shortage of qualified nurses providing children’s palliative care in the voluntary sector, including children’s hospices, and that this is having a negative impact for children with life-shortening conditions, not just across the UK, but Wales also. They say as part of the campaign they are asking the Welsh Government and healthcare workforce planners to take action to bring the average nursing vacancy rate among voluntary sector children’s palliative care organisations to below 10 per cent and closer to the NHS nurse vacancy rate across the UK. Again, a call on the Welsh Government, which merits a response from the Welsh Government, and we would welcome a statement accordingly.