Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:17 pm on 5 December 2017.
May I start by thanking Simon Thomas for what he said? I recognise the point that he made about what we want to do for the next year—better transparency, being clear about our priorities and the relationship between those and the programme for government, the lack of data and so forth. There are a number of things that we want to work on, and I recognise that at the outset of my response.
Could I say also that I’m looking forward to the work programme of that committee? There are many things that the committee Chair outlined this afternoon where the Government will welcome that work and take an interest in it—the work that the committee’s going to do on financial transaction capital, the impact of Brexit on our funding, and new devolved taxation. I’m sure that the committee Chair will have heard what Mick Antoniw said about asbestos in that context.
Also, on the new scrutiny process that we have, I know that the committee is going to pursue that and help us to rethink things so that we can do things better in future.