Thank you, Llywydd, and I'm pleased to contribute to this debate today as Chair of the Finance Committee. I’d like to thank the Minister for attending committee to discuss the financial implications of the Bill. We've made five recommendations, and I thank the Minister for the comments that the Minister's made on those, and I look forward to getting more detail from her in due time.

But before I go into detail on that, I'd like to start by supporting the comments made by the Chair of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee, Llyr Gruffydd, and the comments we've just heard from Huw Irranca-Davies in relation to bypassing Stage 1 scrutiny. We support the view that bypassing Stage 1 denies stakeholders and the public the opportunity to be consulted on the detailed provision within the Bill. It also denies the Senedd the opportunity to undertake full and robust scrutiny of the policy and financial implications of the Bill.