As Chair of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee, I very much welcome the Minister's statement today, along with the publication of the White Paper last week. The committee has taken a very close interest in all matters relating to fire safety since those horrific and tragic events at Grenfell in 2017, and in particular we've been pushing for necessary legislative change to be brought forward with pace, while also acknowledging the complexity of the issues and the need for a more coherent and whole-system approach. The publication of this White Paper I think is a very important stage in this ongoing work that will improve building safety across Wales. And, as a committee, we will be considering the White Paper in greater detail in the coming weeks and, as part of that, taking evidence from key stakeholders, including undertaking citizen engagement so that the most affected by the ongoing situation—residents and leaseholders—can give us their views directly. We will then respond formally as a committee to the White Paper. Can I say as well that I do welcome the pragmatic approach Welsh Government is taking, such as using UK Government legislation, so that we really can, hopefully, make some early progress on these matters? 

The Minister will be aware that we, as a committee, raised issues regarding the cost of remedial work and, obviously, as are others, we are very concerned at the incredible levels of stress and uncertainty at the moment on leaseholders, and that does need addressing urgently, as we've heard. I don't know if there's anything more you can say, Minister, in terms of your discussions with developers and how they're progressing and how close we are to some sort of movement in terms of developers, although we've heard of other possible ways of addressing these matters.

We've also heard issues relating to building control at a local authority level and, again, we were very concerned at the level of cuts to regulatory services over many years and the impact that's had on local authorities. I just wonder whether there's anything else you could say today, Minister, in terms of perhaps a comprehensive study on resource and capacity and how that could be taken forward. But I very much—