Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:38 pm on 15 November 2017.
Diolch yn fawr. Can I just thank you again, Simon, and the Finance Committee, for your careful consideration of the Commission's budget? I noted your comments about the five-year multi-annual budget, if I can put it like that. It is fair to say that, of course, the Finance Committee knew what we were proposing for the next five years, and of course I'd acknowledge the point that, at some point, we may need to change those figures in light of changing priorities. The fact that we were able to stick to the figures we gave you last year, I think, is some evidence of the attempt we have made as a Commission to really tighten our corsets rather than loosen them, being, as I said earlier, always mindful of the wider public sector financial position.