Thank you. Thanks to all contributors. As Darren Millar highlighted, a letter by local government leaders, signed by them all, warned that cuts to preventative services would be a false economy. As the chief exec of the Welsh Local Government Association told committee, there was an announcement of £30 million going into regional partnership boards, but that's in the NHS budget line. Why not make that £30 million preventative spend fund?

Summarising the broader issues—. As Darren said, there are suspicions that the Cabinet Secretary is using underhand tactics to force council mergers and, as he said, the Welsh Government's 17-year-old local government funding formula is no longer fit for purpose. As a health professional, Dr Dai Lloyd highlighted the need to see more money spent on illness prevention in local government, and the need to allow GPs to refer to social services. Suzy Davies said that local authorities were close to not being able to run services safely, and that the Welsh Government can't continue to use austerity as an excuse. Mike Hedges provided a formulaic defence of an outdated formula. Rhun ap Iorwerth moved Plaid Cymru's amendments 2 and 3, which we will be supporting. He also noted that it's taken consequentials from the UK Government budget to persuade the Welsh Government to issue crumbs to local government. And, as he said, it's Labour's austerity. Mohammad Asghar referred to the humiliating u-turn performed by the Welsh Government thanks to extra funding from the UK Chancellor. Rhianon Passmore provided us with her usual shouty speech about the austerity inherited by the UK Government in 2010. Russell George highlighted the funding formula divide between urban and rural Wales and said that local authorities should be at the front of the queue for additional funding from the Chancellor.

All we got from Cabinet Secretary Mr Bumble was the usual economic illiteracy, buck-passing and political chicanery. Of course, he referred to the impact on the economy if Labour votes down the Brexit deal negotiated between the UK Government and all 27 members of the EU. Currently, for every £1 spent by the UK Conservative Government on devolved matters, £1.20 is given to Wales. But Welsh council tax payers are bearing the brunt of poor Welsh Government decisions over almost two decades. The Cabinet Secretary again compared funding between England and Wales, claiming that councils there are worse off. But local government funding policy has diverged significantly since devolution: for example, direct funding for schools in England, not Wales, and business rates retention there, not here. It's impossible to make the percentage comparisons he keeps making.

We also know that there is an overly bureaucratic, complex and outdated funding formula that's resulting in skewed local government finances. Therefore, on that note, I will finish by quoting a Labour-led county council in Wales, because last week, Flintshire County Council Labour-led, launched its #BacktheAsk campaign in full council and received unanimous support of all councillors of all parties to take, quote, the fight down to the local government department in Cardiff to get a fair share of national funds. I'm delighted to show my support for them and I'm grateful that people who live in the county of Flintshire, and Wrexham, and the other disadvantaged councils are now standing up to the bullies in Labour, in Cardiff, who will not listen, who have ceased to be accountable and who should go once and for all.