Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. May I start by thanking the committee members for their work? It's been a pleasure to co-operate with them. They have drawn attention to the financial challenges facing the arts sector in light of the undeniable pressure on the budgets of local authorities, as well as the recent reductions in the income from the National Lottery. We recognise these challenges and the Government continues to be entirely committed to funding the arts with public funds. We also acknowledge that it's unlikely that there will be a substantial increase in this funding for some years to come, and therefore it is crucial that we jointly consider all possible means of assisting the sector to increase its income.  

Of the 10 recommendations made in the report, I am pleased to have accepted or accepted in principle, the eight that are relevant to the Welsh Government. The report asks Welsh Government to continue to provide financial support in order to encourage businesses and the arts to work in partnership, and to consider whether additional funding is required in order to assist the arts sector in attracting more funding from business. At the moment, we fund this work through the arts council and through our support grant funding. The support is mainly available through the arts council itself, as Dai Lloyd mentioned in opening this debate, as well as from Arts & Business Cymru, which is supported by the council to provide specific services.