Chamber and committees

Neil Ritch, your position is similar. You ranked the issue at 1—as quite a low priority. Will you expand on why you did that?

I appreciate that. Erica Judge, you scored payment of the real living wage as a 3. Will you expand on your thoughts behind that?

Yes.

Thank you.

I mentioned your name, but obviously you did not pick that up.

Minister, court exemptions were discussed last week. Are you likely to review them?

You mentioned the impact that there will be if we do not pass the SSIs. Will you expand on that?

Good morning. Last week, we heard from Dr Andrew Tickell about the constitutional issues and the complexity with regard to any bill on this matter and the need for Governments to work together to address them. Can the cabinet secretary comment on the discussions that she has had in that respect with the UK Government? From this morning’s discussion, it does not look as though the process has started yet, but as far as the issues with the Supreme Court are concerned, when is it likely to commence? I am quite concerned about that.

The Supreme Court judgment raises a lot of issues, and I am glad to hear that there will, I hope, be positive dialogue.

At last week’s committee meeting, witnesses mentioned the need for clear communication with stakeholders, and the issue has been mentioned again this morning. With that in mind, how will you keep in touch with stakeholders? Obviously, there will be discussions about the programme for government and so on, but how will you do that in a positive way that allows them to work alongside you?

I certainly welcome your comments, cabinet secretary.