Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:08 pm on 7 May 2019.
I thank the Member for that comprehensive contribution. I think I got up to 24 questions in all. I don't think I'll be able to answer all of them today. I may be wrong, it may have been 27—I lost count there at one point—but, nevertheless, a tour de force in terms of some of the issues raised.
Unfortunately, I have to disappoint the Member and perhaps please the Deputy Presiding Officer by saying that, of course, all we're doing today is publishing a report and accepting the broad reach of the recommendations. Much of the detail that the Member referred to is embedded inside the more detailed parts of the report and, as I said, the commission is asking for responses to its report—and perhaps the Member would like to consider making one—from social partners and others across Wales. The Government will then respond towards the end of June, and we will then hold a fair work conference in order to take this forward in tripartite working.
I think the Member pointed out quite a few of the things that we agree on, but perhaps he and I take a slightly different slant. The report, I thought, was a very well-balanced one. The employers have broadly greeted it with the same enthusiasm as the trade unions. So, I want to just once again take the opportunity to thank the commission for the really thorough piece of work they've done to welcome the Member's contribution, and to say that, if he wants to submit a response along those lines, we'll be very happy to consider it when we respond formally in due course.