Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. I will speak more to

‘(c) introduce a nationally decided set of pay scales, terms and conditions to control senior and chief officer pay through a national framework’.

I just wanted to quickly address the Labour amendment

‘(c) to continue to examine the case for a nationally decided set of pay scales’ and so on and so on. To ‘continue to examine the case’, which basically means do nothing: not good enough. I think, if you look at local government in Wales, the pay at the top end is out of control, really, and the amount of six-figure salaries, of people earning over £100,000 a year, is shocking, really. Millions upon millions could be saved every single year and that money could be put into front-line services. If you look at Swansea, the top salary, without pension contributions, is £140,000 a year—Neath Port Talbot is £125,000 a year, Cardiff is £170,000, Wrexham is £125,000. If you look at the local government ombudsman it is £140,000 a year. If we look at one single—just one single—housing association in this city, Wales & West Housing Association Limited, the chief executive earns £133,000 a year.