I'm sorry to heap another encomium on the Minister, but I think his commanding performance throughout this matter—I've not always agreed with what he's done, but I do think we're now seeing the fruits of a very imaginative compromise that will respect the results of the referendum and strengthen the British constitution.

Llywydd, devolution was predicated on EU membership. It probably would have been designed very differently if Britain had not been in the European Union in the 1990s. We ended up with a very maximum type of devolution—remarkable really, given our history as a unitary state. As a result of your negotiations, that nature of the devolution settlement is not only unchanged, but it appears to me that it will be radically strengthened.

Let us not forget, a lot of these powers that will be frozen—the things that will be required to run frameworks—at the moment, in reality, are not with us; they're at the level of European governance. It does seem to me that you have strengthened the role the Welsh Government and this legislature will have as we now see the emergence of shared governance over vital matters to the whole of the United Kingdom.

Indeed, the Scottish Government, from the start, as the Welsh Government has, has accepted the need for frameworks to govern areas of common interest. We are hearing constantly from, for example, environmental groups, that this is very, very important. So, I think framework governance is essential and I particularly welcome the inter-governmental agreement and I hope this sets a precedent for the future conduct of these frameworks where they will need to operate and be amended in years to come. So, I do congratulate him on defending the powers of this Assembly and, indeed, as I said, on preserving in a very imaginative way the expansive form of devolution that we have. 

Can I finally say that I think the equal treatment principle of those powers in the freezer—I have to use that analogy as well—is a remarkable achievement? It does preserve our rights and interests, and it forms a basis, I think, as I said, for proper shared governance in the future.