Thank you very much, Presiding Officer, for calling me to speak in this important debate. I'd like to start off by congratulating the Cabinet Secretary on all his hard work in turning the situation around so that the Government is able to recommend voting for this LCM today. I think there's no doubt that, originally, this was a power grab by Westminster, and I think it does reflect badly on the Conservative Westminster Government that they weren't able to realise at an earlier stage how their plans would undermine devolution. I think it's to the credit of our Government Ministers that we were able to change that around.

I think it's absolutely right that we put forward a continuity Bill as a stopgap, but the intensive work that now has been done I think has produced significant changes, and certainly make me feel able to vote confidently for this LCM today, because, as has been said many times today, this transfers all the 64 areas to us. The most important change, I think, is that clause 11 is inverted. The original proposal was that all powers would return to Westminster and Ministers could then release them in a colonial way. That's all changed now: all the powers will now be held in the devolved bodies except where the UK frameworks are needed. I think we all accept that UK frameworks are needed. It fits in with the reserved-powers model, and there are lots of safeguards built in in what will be a collaborative process.

I'm very pleased that the sunset clauses are on the face of the Bill—two years for the power to create regulations, and five years maximum for any regulations made. The Cabinet Secretary has said that he thinks that those periods will not be as long as that because the pressure of having to three-monthly report on the procedure for the continuation of a freeze will be quite an onerous duty. So, it's likely that those periods will be much less.

So, I think that this deal with Westminster represents huge progress, and I think it's very lucky that, at this point in time, we have a Labour Government here in Wales—a Labour Government that is committed to devolution and to being part of the UK. The Cabinet Secretary said that in his introductory remarks, that we are—Labour is the party of devolution. I think that this LCM is an illustration of how we have used that commitment to devolution and to the well-being of the people of Wales. That is why we're putting forward this LCM here today. I know that Leanne appealed to reason when she spoke earlier in the debate. Well, my view is that reason would tell you to vote for this LCM.