Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:28 pm on 24 May 2017.
Well, it’s a mix, to be honest with you; some of it is that, but that’s only a continuation of the previous tax breaks that were for exploration. So, they’ve simply just changed it the other way round.
I wanted to conclude just on that, actually, and just to thank Members for at least acknowledging that this debate has been engendered not only by Plaid Cymru policy, but also using the resources of the Assembly, and I hope we see more debates like this. I encourage Members to use their funds for policy development in this way; I was very careful there, Presiding Officer, to say what I meant to say—for policy development in this way. Please bring forward more debates in this regard. The resources are there to support us as Assembly Members. It does mean that we can think outside the box from time to time as well. I think this is something that will develop naturally and organically in Wales; we will see local energy companies develop over a period of time. I’d just like to see us to take more national leadership on the issue.