Thank you, Llywydd, and I will speak to my amendments. The majority of active enterprises in Wales are small and medium-sized enterprises, which account for around 99 per cent of all total enterprises and for 62 per cent of all employment and 38 per cent of all turnover. The SME business community does not organise itself in the same way as Government or trade unions in terms of presenting a unified voice, and there's a high degree of variance between the needs of these businesses and the needs of their employees. I find the idea absurd that they will not have a direct voice on the SPC, where nine members will be from the Government and nine members from trade unions, who only represent around 30 per cent of employees in Wales, most of whom are from the public sector. The Deputy Minister responded to my previous proposed amendments regarding increasing the number of employer representatives to ensure that small, medium and large businesses have a voice at the table, by saying that the SPC is designed to be a tripartite and increasing employer representatives who would secure this. My proposed amendments today would resolve that issue by increasing the number of trade union and employer representatives to 12. This allows for equal trade union representative from TUC-affiliated and non-TUC-affiliated bodies. And there's also capacity to adopt three representatives from small, medium and large businesses onto the council, without the council being skewed. These amendments also support my amendments, and those of Peredur in group 4, which ensure that half of worker representatives are not affiliated with the TUC.

Growing SME businesses has the considerable positive impact of employment creation, innovation, productivity growth and competitiveness, and we need to ensure that Government understands the pressures that these businesses face. SMEs in particular have unique challenges, which will vary from region to region and sector to sector, and they're exposed to the volatility of markets in a way that larger businesses and the public sector are not. Having up-to-date advice from the SME sector will be invaluable to the Government in its planning for fair work in supply chains, and having direct business contact will ensure that the largest group of employers in Wales will have a voice. You have said, Deputy Minister, that the purpose of the council is to provide information and advice to the Welsh Ministers on relevant matters, to reach consensus on issues of mutual interest, and to provide us with the advice to better inform policy development and support implementation. Well, what is more relevant than direct advice from the largest group of employers in Wales? Thank you, Llywydd.