Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to say, as I’ve been doing, 1.8 percent increase over last year’s budget I think that’s quite reasonable. I’ve been mentioning this with a number of departments and that seems to be below the inflation rate and I think that’s what we’re targeting.

My comments are generally quite positive. I was very excited to hear some of the things today. The installation of a wood pellet boiler...As one who’s declared himself to be a carbon neutral MLA, this is going to help me and help all of us now who choose to be carbon neutral because, of course, we don’t now need to worry about much in the way of heating costs, which is the major cost other than travel.

I’m excited to see the initiatives on paper. I’ve seen quite a change since I’ve started this less than two years ago...the practices of committee and so on. I’m now watching even more how much I print on old paper and make sure I use both sides and so on. So the practices that have been established in the Assembly here have been impressive and I think already working towards the Speaker’s goal of 80 percent reduction in paper. I know it’s going to be challenging to get there, but I’m going to be working hard on that too.

Some of these initiatives are not going to necessarily be easy, but I think the highlight that we need in this hall to be walking the walk and talking the talk and vice versa, I think I’m willing to work hard towards that end. Some things are easier for some people than other things. I’m not a pop drinker, so it’s quite easy for me to support Drop the Pop. I know for others it’s not easy. I’m very appreciative of the commitment that’s been shown by the Board of Management in this work.

I’m going to leave it at that. It’s just a number of exciting announcements that I wasn’t aware of here. Very good to see this work happening.