Diolch, Dirprwy Llywydd. I'd like to thank Assembly Members for participating in the debate, which has clearly demonstrated why it's important that the Equality and Human Rights Commission continues to have a strong and distinct presence in Wales. Most of the contributions started from the premise that a society based on equality and human rights was a given, even if we may approach it from different perspectives in some cases. I think one contribution in particular reminded us that we rest on our laurels if we believe we can stop making the case daily for a society based on equality and human rights. 

There were a number of points made in the debate. I will turn to them through the amendments, if I may, and the comments that Julie Morgan just made in relation to Gypsy/Traveller families, I will direct those, if I may, to the leader of the house to provide that information to her.

Turning to the amendments, we support amendment 1. As I said in my opening speech, we welcome the commission's recommendations, both in the annual report and in 'Is Wales Fairer?', and we are already working both to strengthen the Welsh public sector equality duty and, as Mark Isherwood, Jane Hutt and others have raised, to consider the options around enacting a socioeconomic duty in Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 in Wales, which is a potentially very powerful tool for reform and for equality in Wales.

We oppose amendment 2. I didn't recognise some of the comments that Leanne Wood made in that particular context. The Welsh independent living grant was only ever an interim measure to ensure continuity of support whilst long-term arrangements to support people affected by the UK Government's closure of the independent living fund were agreed. Following engagement with stakeholders, the then Minister for social services announced in 2016 that support in future would be provided, as has been indicated, by local authorities' social services, and support is provided for the vast majority of disabled people in Wales who are not able to access the ILF. Since April this year, therefore, the full transfer of £27 million a year that we receive from the UK Government has been allocated to local authorities on a recurrent basis to enable them to support people who used to receive payments from the ILF to continue to live independently.

We also oppose amendment 3. Like the previous amendment, it fails, I think, to recognise what the Welsh Government is already doing. We recognise that sexual violence services are often described as cinderella services and, at the same time, victims of domestic abuse are being turned away from refuges due to shortages of places. Whilst we do not yet have a—