Dirprwy Lywydd, I'm perfectly happy to look at that issue. As I said, the reason we didn't accept the recommendation is we didn't think the RIA was the best place to do that. It's not to say that we wouldn't be willing to look at other ways in which that issue could be pursued.

Dirprwy Lywydd, if you'd allow me, I'll just end by just setting out for Members some of the ways in which we plan to take these recommendations further forward. Officials are revising the RIA guidance as a result of the committee's report and will be amending it accordingly. I know that they have already been discussing the report with policy teams working on current legislative proposals. My officials will also be looking at the quality assurance processes currently employed by policy departments and the way in which the costs of legislation are recorded and monitored to see where the process can be improved.

I intend to write to my Cabinet colleagues to ensure that they are fully aware of the issues raised in the report as they take forward pieces of legislation for which they are responsible. I will also be writing to the First Minister to ask that the recommendations in the report are considered in the state of readiness discussion held before each Bill is laid and in a committee that the First Minister himself chairs.

I hope, Dirprwy Lywydd, Members will see that the Government has wanted to respond very positively to the report, thinks that it has made a very useful contribution to thinking on this issue, and that we will be looking for practical ways in which we can take advantage of the advice that it has provided.