Thank you very much to Michelle for her questions. Costs are currently being developed and will be published at the same time as the technical consultation, which will happen later on this year. The commission will be accountable to Welsh Ministers. Parity of esteem is a crucial issue for me. One of the reasons for having one single body organising and having a strategic overview for post-compulsory education and training is to achieve that parity of esteem and to recognise, as you quite rightly say, that the days of having a job for life and staying in one place when you leave school are over. That’s one of the reasons why we need to change how we plan and organise post-compulsory education and training. The Welsh Government recognises that, for instance, in its all-age apprenticeship scheme that it is developing over the course of this particular Welsh Government.

Michelle asks whether the issue around sixth forms is contained in the consultation document and when we’re going to consult on it. Well, it is in the consultation document. I appreciate—. I’m concerned that maybe the Member hasn’t had a copy of the White Paper. I think it has been e-mailed out to all Members. I certainly saw it in my own AM inbox and it’s quite clearly in there—the questions regarding sixth forms are in the consultation and it is a genuine question that we’re asking of people.

The Member also asks how we’re publicising the consultation. Well, this is part of the reason why we’re doing an oral statement today—to update Assembly Members following the statement I made earlier in the day. As I said in my statement, there are a number of stakeholder events ongoing until the consultation ends in October, and we will do a specific young persons’ consultation, because at the heart of this is getting it right for the learner and they need to be involved in this consultation exercise also.