Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:03 pm on 17 October 2017.
I don’t have time to elaborate our enthusiasm for a deposit scheme, but we will be very interested in what’s happening now with the consultation. Perhaps the Minister is going to be able to say something about that in the wind-up. And, also, how the pilot scheme’s going to be conducted—I’d appreciate it if she’d give more details or write to me on that. Again, if it’s a robust and useful way forward, then we’ll be happy to see that, but, at the minute, it kind of has popped out of thin air when there was a general consultation going on anyway.
However, I want to end on an enthusiastic note and say there’s been real progress here. It’s nice to see Wales as a leader in some areas, and I think, as a responsible opposition, we should acknowledge good practice where we see it.