Can I start by welcoming the Minister to his new post? I confidently predict great political success ahead for you. But you will need all your skills, because you are now perhaps having to reflect on a decision that, in April, you perhaps had indicated wouldn't be the eventual direction the Government is taking, in that you seemed very sympathetic to Cadw being placed outside Government. I do understand that you've now had a business case and obviously the examination of that case is material. But the challenges of Government are indeed formidable and I do wish you well with them. 

In April, the Cabinet Secretary said that in reviewing Cadw's structure, his, and I quote,  

'aim is to allow the organisation as much freedom and flexibility to enable it to fully realise its commercial potential'. 

I do now wonder how will this commercial potential be realised. We know obviously the funding situation is challenging and there is a funding freeze for the next two years. So, is this decision going to in any way inhibit some of the commercial potential that was previously identified by the steering group's report that did recommend moving Cadw outside Government? I think this is a very important question: is the decision now taken by the Welsh Government an expedient and temporary one? Because the wording of the statement I think is very cautious. I do wonder if this is the final say that will be had on Cadw's future. 

The Cabinet Secretary in April did say that other models were worthy of consideration, notably 'internal realignment'—I quote him—or Welsh Government sponsored bodies. So, presumably, internal realignment now will actively take place. I'd like some more information on that if possible, and, in the future, if, as I suspect, the current decision may not be permanent, whether some form of Welsh Government sponsored body is likely to be considered.

I would also like to know where we stand with the development of strategic partnerships for the heritage sector. Are some initiatives and developments now off the agenda because Cadw is to remain in Government? Most people did think there would be more flexibility for these partnerships and a lead role that Cadw was meant to take if it was outside Government. Now it won't be, and are there going to be more restrictions than we might have otherwise anticipated?

And finally, on a slightly separate matter, what progress is being made with the cultural skills strategy, and is it still on course to be in place by October 2018? Diolch yn fawr.