I'm happy to say that we'll be supporting amendment 13, as we did with a very similar amendment at Stage 2, where it went to a tied vote. One of the inconsistencies with the draft Bill, I thought, was that there was a failure to define key concepts, which did strike me as a little bit unfortunate when we were talking about a Bill that is about making Welsh law, in both languages, easier to find, easier to follow, easier to distinguish from other law that may only be material in Wales and, of course, easier to use. 

As well as accessibility, a key concept in this Bill was the codification of Welsh law. And, as we aired here in the introductory debate some months ago, it's not a readily understood word in everyday life, and it also has different meanings within legal use as well. So, we took the wording from the Government's own explanatory notes to fashion a definition at Stage 2, and then used the Counsel General's oral evidence at that stage to redraft an amendment for this stage. As a Government statement on consolidation was due this summer, I thought there was every reason to expect them to be in a position to define codification. I'm very pleased that the Counsel General was willing to discuss moderate changes to that redraft with a view to supporting it today, very much, it seems, in the same spirit as with amendment 13.

Amendments tabled by Parliament don't always need to be tweaked and then retabled in the Government's name, as happens here perhaps a little too often, and so I thank the Counsel General for the respect that he's shown to this legislature and the proceedings in the way that he has. Thank you.