Thank you for the notification of your intention to raise this as a point of order. As I said following a similar issue that was raised in a point of order yesterday, Government business is a matter for Welsh Ministers, not for me. But Ministers are accountable to this Assembly, and it is my expectation that they should not undermine that principle by making major policy announcements outside the Chamber. I expect that major announcements should be made directly to this Assembly so that there is the opportunity that you have sought, David Melding, for Members to scrutinise the Government on issues such as this.

Of course, it's important to remind Members as well—as I'm sure you're all very familiar with—of the various routes available to you to bring issues to the Chamber if the Government does not provide opportunities for examination. Those include emergency and topical questions, oral questions and opposition debates, and in addition, I'd say that Members can make representations about proposed Government business through the Business Committee, and I would hope that the leader of the house would give serious consideration to any such representations made by political parties here.