Both you and I sat on that committee, looking at that particular Act. I do hope and believe that it will bring improvements more generally within our social care system, particularly encouraging and promoting work with the NHS. But it’s not going to solve the problem, which spans not just the social care system and the national health service, but also our education system and other parts of our public services as well. That’s why we need some autism-specific legislation, as is now the case in England. In fact, I just wish you would all listen to your colleague David Hanson MP, who was at the north Wales autism conference just last week, waxing lyrical about the legislation in England, which is working, which is beginning to deliver improvements over the border. Frankly, if it’s working there, we can get it working here in our Wales as well, and that’s what I want to see.

It’s not only public services that we need to engage in improving autism services here in Wales, but we also need to engage the third sector. There’s some excellent work going on in the third sector, not just the National Autistic Society, which does a tremendous job, but also those smaller organisations the length and breadth of Wales that are often made up of individuals who have experienced the system for themselves or have children who’ve encountered problems in the system and have come together. They’ve often formed small organisations and charities that are giving their support and sharing their experiences with one another, helping people to navigate what is a very complex system if you’ve never experienced it before, trying to get the support in place for their loved ones.