I'm going to resist the temptation to extend that particular metaphor. But I think what I will say to the Member is, yes, it is the case that I'll be hosting the JMC(EN) here in Cardiff next week. At the last JMC(EN), I took the opportunity, as I have, and as other Ministers have, over many, many months, of making clear our position about what we think is the appropriate role for the Welsh Government in the context of the negotiations that will follow in the months ahead. So, I think it is absolutely the case the UK Government can be in no doubt of what our, I think, very reasonable expectations are of our role, i.e. that the UK Government should not advance a negotiating position that relates to a devolved competence other than having normally sought to agree that position with a devolved Government in advance. I think that is a practical way forward. It gives confidence to our negotiating partners overseas that the UK Government is able to deliver on the commitments it makes in those negotiations and, of course, importantly, it recognises the role of the Welsh Government and the devolution competence and settlement.

With regard to what I expect from the next JMC(EN), I hope that that will be an opportunity for the UK Government to respond substantively to those proposals and bring forward its own proposals for involving us in the months ahead. At the last JMC(EN), the indications in the discussion were that they were planning to do that and had heard, certainly to some extent, what we have been advocating for for many months. I hope very much they will take on board fully what we and the other devolved Governments have been pressing for now for a very long time.