For the benefit of Simon Thomas, I’d just like to remind him that, when the Welsh Labour Government sets up a Diamond review, it is not a good idea to second guess what its recommendations are going to be in our manifesto beforehand. All stakeholders were represented and therefore it was—. You know, let’s hear the evidence and then we discuss what we’re going to do about it.

Thank you very much for your statement. I’m particularly interested to pick up on this issue of carers. I’m particularly thinking of those who have their children very young and haven’t completed their education, but will want to go back to university once their children are in full-time education themselves. What discussions, if any, have you had with the Department for Work and Pensions about if somebody is a part-time student? Could they also therefore be eligible for part-time benefits on the grounds that they are only part-time students and, therefore, could they be eligible for other benefits, part-time? Because, otherwise, this part-time allowance is simply not going to work for them. It’s extremely difficult to work and care as well as study, if they’re lone parents. So, that would be useful to know about.

My other concern is around the Student Loans Company. I’m interested to know that you’re having discussions with them, because unlike your reassurances about existing students, they have changed the rules of the game in the middle of the story, because those who’ve taken out loans to pay for their education are suddenly finding that the Student Loans Company has been privatised and that their debts have been securitised and are being sold off to the highest bidder. And the escalator of debt that students are facing is extremely worrying, and is what is most likely to discourage people from low-income families to want to take on debt where they can’t quantify it. When you take on a mortgage, you know what the end game is going to be, but it appears to be the case at the moment, the way the Student Loans Company has gone, that the student has no idea the extent of their debt and how much it is going to increase as soon as they cease to be a student and start working.