I'm delighted to respond to this debate. There's only one thing I'm sure of already—I don't think I'll be able to respond to every single point that's been raised in the time available, but I will try and do my best.

Can I first of all just thank everybody for their kind words and comments about Carl Sargeant and the legacy that he leaves in this field? It's been remarked upon several times today—across the wide portfolio of ministerial positions he held in senior positions in Government—the impact that he had and how he drove through legislation and drove through the right policy with, in its heart, the right things in mind, the outcomes for the people we represent, and this is certainly one of those areas. So, I thank you for those comments and also for congratulating me in coming into this position. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, I'll try and do his legacy—and the legacy of other Ministers in this position—proud.

So, let me try and deal with some of the issues that were raised. If I don't get to all of them, I'll be happy to write in some detail to Members who've raised individual matters as well. Let me deal first of all with the issue of advocacy, which was raised by several people, including Darren. Within the children's commissioner's report, they raise the issue of advocacy, of course. Let me say that, although the national approach to advocacy isn't delivered directly by Welsh Government, we are indeed supporting its implementation and keeping an eye on how this is done.

We've got a funding commitment of up to £550,000 for the social services regional collaboratives, to deliver the active advocacy offer in full and to support the approach. But it's not enough to do that, we've got to monitor how it's happening. So, we will be monitoring the use of this grant funding on a quarterly basis and we're already committed to reviewing the implementation at the end of the first year—so 2018-19— and we're also looking at a longer term evaluation over the first few years of implementation. We want to make sure that this does work as active advocacy.

Several people, Darren included, have mentioned the issue of transport and transport subsidies. I can't respond directly to the particular Conservative proposal on a green card, but what I can tell you, Darren, is: on the youth concessionary fares, as you know, the Welsh Government is currently consulting on discounted bus travel for young people. It's an exercise aimed at capturing the views of young people and other key stakeholders. We're very keen to explore the appetite to extend the range of discounted travel up to 24-year-olds. And based on the outcome of this consultation, which is ongoing, a new scheme for young people will, we hope, be introduced in April 2018—one that best reflects the needs and preferences of our young people and helps further boost bus travel as an option. Again, a key thing to all of these areas is listening to children and young people in developing those offers. 

If I can turn to the issue of duty of care and the incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly within the ALN Bill, which is currently going through—as Members will be aware, during Stage 2 of the Bill—and I look to my colleague on the right here as well, in terms of her committee chairing—the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language committed to considering whether a direct reference to both the UNCRC and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well could be added by amendment to the Bill at Stage 3, and work is indeed under way to consider this and to see what can be brought forward. It'll be an interesting few weeks on the committee now to look at this issue.

Llyr raised a range of issues, not least the RAG ratings. I would say we're not always going to be in total synchronicity and agreement with everything the children's commissioner puts forward under her traffic light system within the RAG ratings as well. She has a purpose to fulfil there, and it's important to challenge and hold the Government to account and push in certain directions. We won't always agree.

We've noticed the commissioner's inclusion of RAG ratings in the report, analysing our responses to recommendations made last year. It's important to say I'm content, as a Minister, that we have responded as we feel appropriate to last year's recommendations. But let me also say: going forward, we are continuing to work to improve the outcomes highlighted in the report for children and young people in Wales, and it's about working across Government to achieve those priorities, as we've set out in 'Prosperity for All'.

It is really unlikely that any Government would ever agree to every recommendation the commissioner will make. However, there are many factors we have to take into account, but we do, however, engage, we listen, we respond, we debate, we discuss, we meet with the children's commissioner and we make changes where appropriate based on a strong evidential base. And, of course, the RAG ratings are based on the commissioner's perception of matters. For example, just to highlight the red rating against the recommendation for a specific child poverty delivery plan doesn't take into account the response that we've already provided to the commissioner. We've said clearly already that we do not believe a separate plan is needed; it's that cross-cutting thing right across Government that will come to some of the areas of policy that help in that. So, therefore, we believe that applying a red rating in that issue has little purpose, but we'll keep the dialogue going. 

If I can turn to an issue that several Members have raised, which is to do with elective home education—a brief update here: officials of mine have met with home-educating parents to gather their views on revised guidance, and where they think as well there's a need for further clarity and support on issues such as legislation and training and so on, and my officials will continue to engage with members of the home-educating community. We are now looking at how current legislation is being used and the barriers that might be preventing some local authorities from using it. And we're also looking at patterns of elective home education that include developing a better understanding of why families decide to home-educate. And finally on this point, Members will be aware that the national independent safeguarding board commissioned the Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre at Cardiff University to undertake the review in the risks to children and young people who are educated at home. Now, when that report becomes available, we will carefully consider it and its recommendations. 

If I could turn to the issues that have been raised by several Members around poverty—and this is a cross-cutting Government issue, I have to say, and is not within one silo—and just to highlight some of the areas, but there are many I could—things such as tackling holiday hunger, which is very much in the forefront of people's minds these last holidays. That, for example, was identified as a key priority in the Welsh Government's 2015 child poverty strategy for Wales, recognising the need to use all available policy levers to support low-income households in the here and now. So, further funding of £500,000 has been provided to support summer school holiday food and fun clubs last summer, and the money was offered to councils in the most deprived parts of Wales to help provide play schemes and meals over the long break. But it's also an issue of fuel poverty and what we do with Nest and what we do with Arbed, it's how we make sure that local authorities are making the best use of things like school uniform grants and so on and so on. It's an accumulative effect right across Government.