Thank you for the statement today, Deputy Minister. I'm not entirely convinced whether this statement was necessary today. It is not a particularly good sign that a Minister has to explain, having delivered her statement, what the purpose of that statement was. Yes, it's an update, but what we want to know is what is the meat on the bone in terms of the development of the White Paper, published earlier this year, and I'm not convinced that we've had any further information as to the direction of travel.The words are echoed again today, as we heard in the White Paper: the challenges, the case for change, partnership, working collaboratively. We know all of that. We know what the challenges are. We in Plaid Cymru have been able to identify many of those challenges through the work that we did in the previous Senedd, through our care commission.

The question is: what steps will be taken now in order to find real solutions to these challenges? The White Paper gives us some idea of the direction of travel of Government, but, to date, I think we are still waiting to see how that journey will pan out. And I agree with the previous spokesperson: of course we can all unite behind those core principles—they are quite simple, to raise the standards of care that we provide to people—but let us know exactly what we're judging here.

I have a simple question, if truth be told. We are still waiting for some work to be done in Westminster, or in Whitehall, rather. The inter-ministerial work has been ongoing to look at how to pay for social care in future. I very much hope that we won't have to wait too long for the conclusions of that work, because it is such a crucial area that we do need to address. But can you give us some idea of how the recommendations that you have, which are slightly ambiguous at the moment, would be impacted as a result of whatever statements or decisions are taken in Whitehall as to the bigger picture in paying for social care in future?