Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I move the financial resolution for the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill, which is a significant step in our constitutional journey. As the debate is not taking place immediately after the debate of the general principles, it's worth quickly reminding ourselves what the Bill intends to achieve, which is extending the right to vote, of ending the law on disqualification, and providing for the funding and oversight of the work of the Electoral Commission, principally.

Last week I gave evidence to the Finance Committee about the amendment, which I have now tabled to the Bill, which would make the Electoral Commission accountable to, and financed by, this Assembly. I'm grateful to the committee for their consideration of the issues, and to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee for leading the Stage 1 scrutiny of the Bill.

I have written to the Finance Committee to set out the cost estimates relating to my Electoral Commission amendments, and I have made these available to all Members ahead of the debate today. The Llywydd, who, as the Member in charge of the Bill, and the Assembly Commission, have a different view from the Government about the way in which the funding relationship between the Assembly and the Electoral Commission should be established, but we will return to that matter during Stage 2. The question for today is whether, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill, the Assembly agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in Standing Order 26.69, arising in consequence of the Bill.

We've been able to make available the necessary costs estimates to enable Members to consider the question more fully. I hope that Members will join the Welsh Government in supporting the motion so that we can proceed to consider the Bill in more detail during the amending stages, and in doing so to move ahead with these important constitutional changes.