I think it's a perfectly reasonable question, seeing as your programme for government does touch on income tax rates and whether the Government will use them or not. Also, what's talked about are particular levies or surcharges for social care or, indeed, education, which was highlighted on the weekend by an academic here in Cardiff.

You have to pay for services someway, either through taxation or through levies or surcharges. So, what is your preferred route then, First Minister? If you're not prepared to give an indication of what you're likely to do with Welsh income tax, do you believe that there should be a sector-specific surcharge on social care or, indeed, on education, to help fund education, with the deficit that we know exists in the education budget?