Thank you, Llywydd. Well, do you know what? We decided to do your work for you, Cabinet Secretary. And so, therefore, we put in a Welsh Conservative freedom of information request in order to bring some openness, transparency, and accountability to our argument and to proceedings here in the National Assembly for Wales. Out of the 28 public bodies able to respond in full, 63 officers were on full-time facility time, working a total of 2,459 hours per week. Out of the 26 public bodies able to respond, 272 officers are also employed part time, and 15 out of 22 authorities pay for their full-time officers on union facility time, equating to 33 officers. We have a right to know this. Our members of the public, our electorate, have a right to know that too. Days lost to strike action impede the economy, and there is no disputing that. The Trade Union Act 2016 introduced by the UK Government was introduced because of a 77 per cent increase in working days lost due to industrial action, from 440,000 days in 2013 to 788,000 in 2014. In 2015, Wales had the fourth highest amount of working days lost out of the UK regions, with six per 1,000 employees. So much for your partnership working and the touchy-feely approach that you have. Days lost to strike action rose again across the UK in 2016. Up to 31 October 2016, 281,000 days were lost to strike action, an increase of 65 per cent. It has been estimated that the Trade Union Act’s 2016 provisions will save 1.5 million working hours a year and boost the UK economy by over £100 million over the next 10 years.

Llywydd, by extending the requirements to publish information on the time and money spent on facility time, requirements that already currently apply to the civil service and to the wider public sector, we can ensure greater transparency and openness with this amendment. Fundamentally, we believe it is right that the Government monitor this practice to ensure it is a sensible use of taxpayers’ money, and that this will ensure that levels of facility time remain appropriate. I will clarify once more: we are not seeking to remove it. A freedom of information request found—[Interruption.]