Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd, a diolch i bob un sydd wedi cyfrannu at y ddadl. A gaf i ddechrau drwy ddweud diolch unwaith eto i Gadeirydd y pwyllgor am yr adroddiad ac am yr argymhellion? Y mae wedi tynnu sylw at nifer o bethau yn yr adroddiad ac rwy’n edrych ymlaen at ateb yn ffurfiol i’r argymhellion. Diolch hefyd i Adam Price am ddweud y bydd Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi’r gyllideb y prynhawn yma. Mae yn anodd, rwy’n gallu gweld, pan fyddwn yn trio symud o un Cynulliad i’r un nesaf—mae rhai penderfyniadau wedi cael eu craffu yn y Cynulliad diwethaf, ond y mae lan i’r Cynulliad yma i benderfynu a ydyw’n fodlon i fwrw ymlaen â’r syniadau y mae’r Cynulliad diwethaf wedi’u hystyried. Dyna pam rwyf wedi dod â’r gyllideb atodol yma ymlaen heddiw.

I took Adam Price’s point not to be one that necessarily supported the current system of budget exchange, but simply a matter of suggesting that, as we are stuck with it and it’s the system we operate within, then we want it to work as effectively as possible for Wales. We have begun a much earlier set of discussions with the Treasury this year, partly because, in the circumstances of uncertainty we find ourselves in, we want to maximise the possibility of carrying forward money that we may be able to into next year, using the flawed mechanism, as Mike Hedges pointed out, that we currently operate within.

Nick Ramsay raised a series of points that were in the Finance Committee’s report. We certainly do want to make sure that we are as efficient as possible in bearing down on the cost of elections. We expect the £7.7 million we’ve set aside to be adequate to the task. The majority of that—the £4 million bill from the Post Office—is a fixed cost. We know that. If there is a departure from the £7.7 million that we anticipate in this supplementary budget, we will certainly report it in the second supplementary budget.

We will have a new process for budget scrutiny that I hope that we will be able to agree with the Finance Committee. We will update the protocol that we have with that committee to reflect the new responsibilities that this Assembly will discharge once we become a tax-raising, as well as a spending, body from 1 April 2018. If we’re able to agree that new process, it will begin in the autumn of next year and it will answer some of the points that Nick Ramsay raised.

In terms of better tracking allocations across the fifth Assembly, well, the principle is the one that Mike Hedges outlined. We’ve set along that path by bringing forward this first supplementary budget. I was just anxious that all Assembly Members, and those outside the Assembly who have an interest in these matters, would see as early as possible the new alignment of budgets with portfolio responsibilities. Should responsibilities alter at all over the five years of this Assembly, then we will do our best to set out those new alignments in a way that is as easy as possible for Members and others to see the way that spending is tracked across the Assembly term.

Turning to Mark Reckless’s questions, the £2.5 million for the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal is a recognition that there is a need for re-lining repairs and improvement to the canal. The navigable section at the north of the canal is already the most popular attraction within the Brecon Beacons national park. The southern section is not navigable at the moment, but that’s what this money is partly expected to address. I don’t recognise the binary way in which the Member suggested that money for flooding is either because of climate change or because of faults in current provision. We will make sure that the £1.9 million that has come our way to deal with the severe flooding that happened in December 2015 is put to good use, as we will the rest of the capital expenditure outlined in this supplementary budget for flood prevention work.

As far as Diamond is concerned, that’s not a matter that has influenced this supplementary budget, but we will be working hard over the summer to think about how that very important piece of work will be taken forward, and the Cabinet Secretary for Education will, of course, be leading that.

Finally, just to end by agreeing with Mike Hedges that while this is, in many ways, a housekeeping piece of supplementary budget, its importance lies in getting the mechanics of the Assembly up and running properly this side of the summer break, and making sure that the Finance Committee has had the opportunity it’s had to scrutinise the Government’s proposals in this area, and I look forward to working with him and other members of the Finance Committee in a similar spirit during the rest of this financial year.