Thanks to the Minister for bringing today's debate on the annual police settlement. We in UKIP would also be keen to join the Minister in his tribute to serving police officers. I would point out at the outset that we support today's motion, and we welcome the increased financial support, albeit modest increases from the aggregate external finance, which is the Welsh Government's part of the police settlement. 

Moving on to issues that have been raised today, I note that Mark Isherwood raised problems around the apprenticeship levy, because I noticed from reading the transcripts of last year’s debate that he also raised that point last year. So, I would be interested in the Minister’s response to this, because this does seem to be an issue that seems to be persisting.

Another issue that is often raised is the devolution of policing, which Siân Gwenllian has raised today. Of course, Plaid have been consistent in making a case for this. We in UKIP don’t actually support that. But, again, I would be interested in the Minister’s response, because this is something that Labour in the Assembly has seemed to be in favour of at certain points in the past. Referring back again to the transcript of last year’s debate, I noticed that Jane Hutt, who was moving the police settlement for the Government on that occasion, appeared to support the devolution of policing, but when Andrew R.T. Davies, in an intervention, asked Jane if that was actually the policy of the UK Labour Party at Westminster, he didn’t actually get a clear response from that. And looking at—