Thank you very much for that wholehearted endorsement of this plan. I think your response is as usual, but, in any case, I welcome the fact that you want to work with us on this.

I am sure that the Member heard me say that the detailed implementation plan will be introduced in August, so I think perhaps he had better wait to see that before he goes much further in his criticism of, in particular, the MAG, the learning disability ministerial advisory group, which I cannot praise too much. It is led jointly, with one of them being a women with learning disabilities, and it is very representative of different groups in the learning disability world and in society as a whole. They have pressed me strongly, have come up with a huge list of recommendations, are fighting for greater equality, and I'm really proud that we've got such a fantastic group and we want to make it even more inclusive. So, I think they won't take it very well that you have been very critical of them, especially as they have produced this plan jointly with other groups.

But, in any case, in terms of the £3 million, that, of course, is in addition to the other money that we put into learning disabilities. But, I have got a detailed breakdown of how that £3 million will be spent. I'm not sure we want to go actually penny by penny through it now today, but certainly one of the important things is to look at how we reduce avoidable deaths because, as you know, people with learning disabilities are much more prone to ill health. You mentioned the health checks issue. This was a very important part of the Improving Lives programme, that people with learning disabilities, who do sufferer disproportionately from certain illnesses, should have a yearly health check. Unfortunately, the pandemic arrived and it stopped that completely. In most cases, that was cancelled. We're now starting that again. Originally, £600,000 was put in to do it during the last financial year, we're putting another £350,000 in. Obviously, that will be carefully monitored because the health checks is one of the really important things that we want to do. 

You mentioned the Paul Ridd Foundation, the education, and the first stage has been done. I'd like to really pay tribute to the Paul Ridd Foundation and to his family who have campaigned relentlessly so that there will be a better understanding of people with learning disabilities, so that they get the treatment that they need in hospitals. In that £3 million is the money in order to ensure that the second and third phases go on. So, I can account completely for that £3 million and how it's being spent.

The other point I'll pick up in what the Member mentioned is the day services. That's an issue that I am very concerned about, because I know many of the day services—virtually all of them—closed down during the pandemic and not all of them have opened up yet. So, I'm very keen that we look at this. We are reviewing this situation, but we want, when they do open up again, to be absolutely sure that they are what people with learning disabilities want and that they are included in the planning of those day services.