Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. The regulations the National Assembly has been asked to approve today will amend the 2013 council tax reduction scheme regulations. The amendments are needed to ensure the orderly continuation of the scheme for 2017-18 and to be sure that the figures used to calculate a person’s entitlement to a reduction in their council tax are increased to take account of rises in the cost of living. Financial figures relating to working-age people, disabled people and carers are increased in line with the consumer price index, and this contrasts with the UK Government’s policy of freezing working-age benefits until 2019-20. Figures relating to pensioners will be increased by 2.4 per cent, and, in doing so, we build in additional protection for pensioners, who are less able to obtain additional income from other sources.