Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:29 pm on 16 July 2019.
Can I just say 'thank you' to everyone involved in the preparation and the passage of this Bill through this place? And can I welcome particularly, again, the Counsel General's respect for the parliamentary process and his willingness to engage directly with Assembly Members, not just in committee but outside as well, and allowing us to have some visible influence over that process? In supporting the motion, our main point, Counsel General, at this stage, is to alert you to the forward look, to that future that you were talking about—those reviews of progress and our influence over those. And, again, I thank you for your letter to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on that. Inevitably, we will be looking at effectiveness and value for money, even looking back, perhaps, at some of those Finance Committee recommendations regarding resourcing and the financial implications of the Bill's objectives. And, of course, we will be looking at the public understanding and use of consolidated and codified law a little bit further down the line when it's had a chance to bed in.
I hope, Counsel General, you'll also take on board that accessibility includes accessibility for AMs and to consider perhaps better ways of bringing forward negative procedure secondary legislation to the attention of Assembly Members, bearing in mind that we are deemed to consent to that, so it's always good at least to be able to know it exists. Thank you.