Thank you, Llywydd. Last week, in response to questions from Plaid Cymru on the location of the new Welsh Revenue Authority, the First Minister said this:

we’re talking about jobs requiring specialist skills that aren’t available in Wales, in the main.’

He went on to say:

Most of the people will come from London’.

Again, when the director of delivery for the authority was asked the same question at the Finance Committee the next day, namely whether the relevant expertise exists in Wales and whether the authority will recruit in Wales, the director said that the skills were available here and that the authority will recruit in Wales. Who, in your view, should we listen to, then? The First Minister or the specialist appointed to establish this body? If it’s the view of the specialist that is valid, is the First Minister guilty of misleading the Assembly? Certainly, he is guilty of undermining and denigrating Wales. Once again, Labour is saying that Wales is ‘too poor, too small, too stupid’, to quote the immortal Alex Salmond. That’s disgraceful and the First Minister should apologise.