Can I just concede one point, that the 12 months, in effect, is more than that? Because it's during those 12 months you've got to express your intention to exercise the right to buy, and then if that intention is expressed, then it could actually formally then be exercised during the period after 12 months. So, that is a help, and I was pleased that the Government made that clear in committee, and I'm grateful that the Minister has reaffirmed that this afternoon. So, I'll at least give you a cheer for that.

But, in general, I have to say that I think a two-year period on such a fundamental change in the rights people have, and have had for many, many decades, is appropriate. It is what happened in Scotland, and obviously there's the big difference between what the Welsh Government intends to do, compared to the Scottish Government. You may be right, they may have been wrong, but I think we needed some sort of justification why you don't think that two years is more appropriate. Given all that you've heard about the popularity of this policy, the strong evidence we've heard from tenants—and they wanted much more flexibility and nuance in this approach, in the way the Bill would operate—and we've just had an obdurate response, frankly.

I have to say, Llywydd, that on this side of Chamber we were very disappointed that the right to buy was going to be abolished. We argued—and we would still argue, if we could go back to this—that the right to buy should be reformed. That's what's going to happen in England, and that is the direction we should have taken. But the decision was made, and we genuinely attempted to offer ways of strengthening this Bill from the point of view of reflecting the rights and needs of tenants to the maximum, without undermining the central intent. But obviously, we have failed in that, and I think that will now stand on record. Obviously, this issue is not going to go away. It will remain, I think, primarily a question of housing supply, and if we don't build enough houses, particularly family homes, where we could be short of 50,000 or 60,000 by 2030 on current projections, then we're going to have real, real issues. That does remain the most important thing we have to sort out.