Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, your Green Paper on local government reform is unsurprisingly not going down too well with many local authorities and those working within the sector across Wales. Indeed, having received a substantial number of the same responses to your consultation myself, there is clear evidence already that your proposals are considered to be unworkable, without consideration of the massive challenges facing local authorities, and that they are, in fact, just a simple rehash of a previous Minister's plans. Some of the responses are as follows. The Vale of Glamorgan: the previous Cabinet Secretary promised 10 years of stability; this Cabinet Secretary has not even provided 10 months' worth. Newport: the proposals represent a distraction from the challenge of delivering services and meeting the needs of increasingly complex communities. Monmouthshire: the Green Paper is silent on the core issues that are at the heart of the debate. Caerphilly: we cannot see that a wholesale local government reorganisation is something that should be considered; the financial benefits are debatable at best. Ynys Môn: the First Minister needs to stick his Green Paper in the bin, where it belongs. 

Now then, given that local authorities and those responsible for delivering service to our most vulnerable on a daily basis are infuriated, demoralised and disenchanted by your Green Paper, and that, in real terms, these proposals are causing instability and distraction from their already constrained service delivery, what steps will you take to reflect the many well-informed voices speaking up to pull back on these unsettling and disastrous proposals going forward?