Diolch, Lywydd. Minister, can I call for two statements please? The first is from the Cabinet Secretary for health and social services in relation to the use of consultants by the national health service. The Cabinet Secretary will be aware that, over the weekend, concerns were raised in the media regarding expenditure of over £1.5 million by the Betsi Cadwaladr university health board over the past three years. Of course, a great period of that time it has spent in special measures and under Welsh Government control. In fact, this was an issue over which concerns were raised by the auditor general during a structural assessment in 2015, with a recommendation to actually reduce its over-reliance on external consultants, which appears not to have been delivered upon. I think taxpayers in north Wales, and indeed elsewhere across the country where external consultants are being used, want to know what value that is adding to the national health service.

Can I also ask for a statement on problem gambling from an appropriate Cabinet Minister? You’ll be aware that I’ve been concerned, along with other Members of this Chamber, about problem gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling in Wales. Will you join me in congratulating Beat the Odds, which has been organised by Living Room Cardiff, who are encouraging people to take a flutter-free February in order to address problem gambling concerns, and to stem the tide of it? Can I put on record how much I agree with Jo Stevens, for a change, in the contributions that she has been making in the Houses of Parliament this week in relation to the need to devolve further powers over gambling to this National Assembly in order that we can deal with this issue in the future?