Part of 6. Questions to the Senedd Commission – in the Senedd at 3:06 pm on 1 July 2020.
Thank you for the question, Mandy Jones, and thank you also for your thanks for the considerable efforts by the staff of the Commission in making sure that our role as a Senedd in scrutinising Government and passing legislation has been undertaken effectively over the past few weeks. I've been bowled over by the efforts; so many of our staff have been able to achieve so much in difficult working circumstances—working from home, as we have been doing—to ensure that the work of our Senedd continues. So, my personal 'diolch' to them all as well, and I'm sure I speak on behalf of all of us in sharing your thanks, Mandy Jones for that.
And yes, we have worked with the frustrations of working remotely, but we've also seen many of the benefits of working remotely, both as a Senedd in our business and also in the work that our staff are able to do remotely. We'll learn the lessons from this and, I've no doubt, like many other aspects of life, our Senedd and the Commission will be working in different ways in the years to come because of the experiences of this time of pandemic. And there will be good that comes from this in terms of designing our future working lives.