1. Will the Commissioner make a statement on progress against the ambition set out in the current Assembly Commission strategy to engage all the people of Wales and champion the Assembly? OAQ52370

The Commission is making progress in this area and is engaging with the people of Wales in a number of different ways. Significant progress was seen in our news and digital output over the past year. We’ve held events across Wales to promote and encourage involvement in the Assembly’s work, and we’ve started on the process of setting up a Welsh Youth Parliament, and we will be holding Senedd@Delyn next week in the Member’s region.

Thank you for that answer. I know that the Senedd is in my region in Delyn next week and welcome very much the opportunity for people in all corners of Wales to see and hear about what happens in this place. I'm particularly interested today in the ambitions stated in the strategy to focus on reaching the disengaged face to face and through improved targeting. What is the Commission doing to achieve that aim?

Senedd@Delyn, like the other examples of Senedd@ that we’ve held in other areas so far, will make a specific effort to engage with communities and individuals who don’t naturally engage with the work of this Assembly. So, that work of engagement through Senedd@ is very important to promote our engagement with groups and individuals who don’t engage normally. And then I’ll take the opportunity once again to point Members towards the important work we’re going to be doing with young people in particular over the months to come, to promote the fact that there is going to be an opportunity for young people in Wales to be parliamentarians in their own right, and, of course, we’re all aware that there is a great need to ensure that our young people know about the democratic opportunities that exist here in Wales by now.

Question 2 is going to be answered by the Llywydd. Simon Thomas.