Diolch. I welcome this amendment, and the willingness of Janet Finch-Saunders and Suzy Davies to work with me to find a middle way, really, regarding the post-implementation review. I'm grateful to Janet for working with me and my officials to draft this amendment, and I thank Helen Mary Jones again for her support and her group's support.

Following Stage 2 and a productive meeting with my Conservative colleagues, I can confirm that I've written to the strategic implementation group to ask them to consider the feasibility of including issues raised during Stage 2 as part of the post-implementation review. They will need time to thoroughly consider these issues, so I would anticipate receiving an initial response over the summer. I will keep the committee updated with their response.

It was clear from the recommendations made by the committees at Stage 1 that they shared my view of the importance of a post-implementation review of the effect of the abolition of the defence of reasonable punishment. For this reason, I brought forward a Stage 2 amendment to include a duty to undertake such a review on the face of the Bill, which was agreed. 

The post-implementation review of this Bill will not be a single piece of work, but a continuous programme of work during the years following the commencement of section 1. Firstly, we will continue to conduct attitudinal surveys, which will be used to track changes in attitudes towards the physical punishment of children and the prevalence of parents reporting that they use physical punishment. The surveys will also be used to monitor the effectiveness of our awareness-raising campaign. And then secondly, through a dedicated task and finish group, we're working with organisations to put in place arrangements to establish robust methods for capturing meaningful data relating to the Bill and to consider the possible impact on services. The group includes representatives from the following organisations: the police, Crown Prosecution Service Cymru, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service Cymru, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service, directors of education, directors of social and children's services and NHS safeguarding. This is a very enthusiastic group, who are working very hard on this issue. 

So, I support this amendment and the consequential amendment.