It is a pleasure to contribute briefly to this debate and to pay tribute to my fellow committee members, our Chair and the clerking team for their important work on this consultation and over the past few years. It's a great surprise that this was the first time that the Senedd has scrutinised the implementation of the Act, an Act that is so important, so ambitious, but hasn't been given the necessary support since its adoption.

I do hope that this can change in the very near future, because the post-COVID recovery does provide us with an opportunity to change so many things. As the report says, it's an opportunity for policy makers to assess how we can redraw public services for the better, and also an opportunity to look at the indicators, the way we analyse success as a result of the Act; it's an opportunity to reframe the whole picture.

I understand that bodies such as ColegauCymru made this point in their evidence to us. After all, the context of how public services are provided over the next few years will be very different to what those drafting the legislation would have anticipated. The Government needs to speak to public bodies as they reconsider this, along with communicating with the public too.

This piece of legislation, as has already been stated, is one that could be innovative, and we are living in a period where radical changes can happen. The next Senedd will have an opportunity to deliver the potential of this far-reaching legislation, but, without the necessary support or leadership from Government, that opportunity will be wasted. Thanking the clerking team for all of their work once again and everyone who provided evidence to the committee, thank you.