We welcome, of course, the passage of the Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill. As has been said a number of times during this process, I think it’s a very important step in the development of the first tax regime for Wales for nearly 800 years. Wales’s progress has always been, perhaps, a zig-zag, but there is progress, and it’s part of the maturing of our democracy, to tell you the truth, and that’s to be welcomed greatly.

We’re content, specifically, to see the Plaid Cymru amendment to the Bill, which was passed at Stage 3, and we’re very grateful to the Cabinet Secretary for his support, and his willingness to listen always and work with us on a cross-party basis in a way that defines the spirit in which he always engages with this place.

The Plaid Cymru amendment, of course, ensures that Welsh Ministers have to draw attention to the objectives of the Bill in exercising their powers and duties under the Bill. This puts the environmental objective at the centre of the Bill and will ensure that it’s implemented in the way that it was designed, namely to encourage a reduction in landfill waste in future.

This tax, as has been said several times, is one that tries to put itself out of business, as it were. And, of course, the intention of this amendment was just to reinforce that and ensure that that is always a high priority, as I’m sure it will be, in the mind of the Minister and his colleagues as we move forward to implement this Bill.