I tabled this question because I wanted to urge you, as a Commissioner, to change the policy whereby Assembly Members can only book 10 sessions on the estate in a period of a year. I think this discriminates against Assembly Members who are proactive in arranging events. For example, if I organise 10 events and another Member only arranges one, then that means that there isn't an opportunity for me to arrange my next event, which may be of great importance to the public. I would like to ask you whether that takes into account the Presiding Officer and the Deputy Presiding Officer also, because, very often, we can't find space on the estate because of the lack of space available.

The second question I had on this issue was whether we could have more information about how the estates team approves Assembly Members' activities. I have a concern that the civil service is making decisions over what Assembly Members think is appropriate use of the estate. I'm given to understand that there is guidance available, but on occasion I find that these processes are very, very slow because the estates team has to make a decision as to whether an event is appropriate or not. We as Assembly Members want to advertise these events, to encourage attendance, whilst the estates team is in a bubble discussing what should happen. These are people who are not elected, of course. So, I wanted to know what your thoughts were on that, and what input you have into that process, because I do think that it needs to work more effectively for us as Assembly Members.