Diolch, Llywydd. I completely acknowledge the disappointment of Members at the lack of time to scrutinise these LCMs. As I said in my opening remarks, we are very disappointed that the UK Government has chosen to table late amendments in this way, and indeed, we know now, has chosen to table further amendments at Report Stage. So, I may need to lay another supplementary legislative consent memorandum, if required, to inform the debate.

I intend to write to the relevant UK Minister to express my dissatisfaction that the Report Stage is likely to go ahead without the Senedd being given the opportunity to consider the case for consent relating to the Bill in its entirety as a result of the late additions. The latest amendments relate to the professionalisation of the social housing workforce in England. We are in the process of analysing the amendment and will provide advice on whether a further SLCM is required as soon as possible, as well as any potential implications for the housing workforce in Wales.

Llywydd, I am very grateful indeed to the Chairs of the committees. I have tried to consider and have considered the various reports, and my apologies to them—we have tried very hard to get the LCMs to you in good time, but, as you know, we're defeated by the late laying of the amendments, and there's been little we can do about that. But, nevertheless, I apologise for that situation.

We will be working with the UK Government to make sure that we try to maximise the amount of scrutiny that the Senedd can give the Bill, but, nevertheless, I disagree with Mabon entirely because dissatisfaction with the process is not a reason to remove the improved regulation of the social landlords who do have properties in Wales from those tenants. That would be very much an own goal in my view. The fact that the process in entirely unsatisfactory does not mean that those tenants should be deprived of that additional protection.

I also disagree with Janet Finch-Saunders, and I think one of the other committee members also said it, that Schedule 5 doesn't require consent. We continue to say that Schedule 5 does require consent.

Nevertheless, despite this, Llywydd, I think there's a majority view in the Senedd that the LCM should be supported, and I would urge all Members to support the legislative consent motion in respect of the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill. Diolch.