There are two points that I'd make on this one. The first is that, of course, when we're comparing opportunities to use general taxation, we're not yet in a position to do so. But I do recently note a study picked up by the BBC that noted that, in Wales, citizens have a much more generous level of support from this Government for their social care needs than citizens across the border in England. So, we are making real choices even in a time of austerity to put real money into supporting social care. 

The second point is I don't want to spike the work that I'm actually doing by peremptorily announcing before my ministerial colleagues have considered all the evidence what those options might look like. And we do need to think about maximising the level of income to come in through a levy or any other means, and what that actually means in terms of what we can then do. We need to think about what our powers allow us to do, and how then best to use them, including difficult questions around intergenerational fairness, who accesses support and at what time? There are different answers around the roles. There's a report from both the select committees in Parliament, the joint select committees—the communities committee about housing and local government and also the health select committee—that I'm sure you're aware of, which may come up with an answer that would require a rise in general taxation across the United Kingdom. They've even had Conservative backbenchers signing up to a tax rise, which is unusual. So, we need to think about what the whole taxation base is and what choices we then make. 

And the second question we can't avoid either, I think, is whether or not we're prepared to have an element of ring-fencing or hypothecation, because I think there are real issues about whether politicians should be trusted to raise taxes, or whether that money should be protected, and whether that would be acceptable to the public over a longer period of time to make different choices about how we use taxation to fund the future of social care.