Diolch. Further to comments I made in relation to group 8, I can confirm that the Government will support amendments 7 and 8. Members may recall that an amendment designed to strengthen this section was made in Stage 2 committee. If carried, amendments 7 and 8 today will further strengthen this provision by requiring the Welsh Government to make regulations under section 39. The amendments will also require that those regulations be explicit about the information contracting authorities must provide in order that Welsh Ministers can assess how a contracting authority’s procurement is contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals. So, we will be supporting these two amendments.

Turning to amendment 9, I can confirm that the Government accepts this amendment. We agree that contracting authorities should be able to demonstrate how procurement practices are safeguarding and promoting the use of the Welsh language, and we will support amendment 9 on that basis.

As we have repeatedly assured all stakeholders as this Bill has progressed, the statutory guidance will be developed in a truly collaborative manner, consulting with all who are interested in increasing the well-being outcomes from our more than £7 billion of procurement spend each year. So, I'm more than happy to commit to engaging closely with the Welsh Language Commissioner as part of that broad partnership work to ensure our commitment to the Welsh language is fulfilled.

However, we are unable to support, and can't support, amendment 44, because 'globally responsible' is already covered by sections 39(3)(a) and (b), which require a contracting authority to include information about how it is contributing to all of the well-being goals in its procurement reports. Diolch.