Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement and also welcome the review of ‘Extending Entitlement’, which is something I think the committee would have wanted to see? Like Llyr, I also hope that this will lead to a new strategy, which is also something that the committee wanted to see. I’m particularly pleased that young people will be involved in the review of ‘Extending Entitlement’, and that is very much to be welcomed.

In terms of the national youth support service board, which you’ve said is going to be responsible for advising you on the implementation of the committee recommendations, I do have some questions about that. The committee was very clear and, indeed, you were very clear when you gave evidence that you supported our view that there should be a universal, open-access youth offer that is available through English or Welsh. Can you confirm that that is a message that you will be giving clearly to the new board as part of its remit to take this work forward?

I would be interested in more detail on the timescales. You will be aware that the committee’s report had lots of timescales in our recommendations. Most of them were asking for updates within six months. That was in December, so we’re already four months on, and now we have this new board that is likely to delay things. So, given that we see the need to address the crisis, really, that’s affecting youth work urgently, I would be interested to have some detail on timescales.

I would be interested to know how you intend to ensure that the voices of young people are heard through that board. Is it your intention that there would be a representative of young people, or what other mechanism are you planning to use?

You’ve stated that the board will be there to help provide strategic leadership, but one of the key failings the committee found was the lack of leadership and partnership between local authorities and voluntary organisations, with voluntary organisations often being the poor relative and, in particular, getting the crumbs from the table in terms of funding. Can you confirm that you will give a very strong steer to the board that they should address that and that it is outcomes for young people that should count, not so much who is delivering the service?

I hear what you’re saying in relation to the answers on funding and note your comment in the statement that the board’s role will be to ensure that funding is fair, transparent and equitable, but I would press you on the need to actually ensure that there is sufficiency of funding, because you can have as much transparency as you like, but if there’s not enough money, then it’s not going to cut the mustard. Thank you.