To be a success, constitutional reform necessitates full and open engagement by all: this builds a consensus across political parties and wider society that will underpin a durable settlement, but, unfortunately, this Bill has been characterised by a Whitehall-driven process under tight control by the UK Government, which has lost that opportunity of wider support and consensus. We believe there needs to be a new approach to considering constitutional Bills. This should be an agreed means of co-operating between the National Assembly and our committees and the two Houses of Parliament and their committees. We recommend the development of these new ways of working as a matter of urgency. They should be in place before major constitutional legislation is brought forward—for example, in response to Brexit—and we stand ready to contribute to this work.

So, in concluding these opening remarks, I look forward to hearing other contributions to this debate, and to see what other Members thought of the report that we have brought forward. Thank you.