Mark Isherwood: I will do my best. I thank everybody for their contributions. As Angela said, we must aim to place children in Wales in the best position to succeed. Flying Start and the foundation phase must be continually reviewed and evaluated by the Welsh Government to ensure resources are well targeted. Early intervention for two to three-year-olds in the most disadvantaged areas, with geographical targets, has generated partial successes, but as the evaluation released last month said, sadly, Flying Start is having least success in reaching socioeconomically disadvantaged families. It referred to the lack of parental awareness of schemes and problems in the recruitment and retention of health visitors in Flying Start areas and said that the Welsh Government is moving too quickly in seeking to expand Flying Start without addressing the evaluation’s findings.

With regard to the foundation phase, offering children aged three to seven a solid foundation for future learning, an Estyn report identified concerns about children not reaching their full potential in the foundation phase, children not being challenged enough, gaps in teacher training, and children in up to 40% of schools that administer the foundation phase not learning as much as they should.

We need to look at the evidence from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that more than half of children in poverty live outside Flying Start areas and embrace the call by the National Childminding Association for it to have a greater role in the roll-out of Flying Start. We welcome the fact that the Minister says that he will learn from the review and evaluation of the scheme, but I regret that, as usual, he chose to score party-political points. Our manifesto clearly said that our proposed cut was 12%, not 20%—yours was 8%—and we had that covered with other imaginative proposals that were offered to the people of Wales. We may not have won the election, but we improved our representation, and we are here to challenge and scrutinise you accordingly.