The bill does not resemble the recommendations of the Feeley review. The truth is that the withdrawal of COSLA follows the withdrawal of all three social care trade unions—the GMB, Unite and Unison—and comes in the face of criticism from national health service chief executives and board chairs, and clear disappointment from the third sector as to the lack of vision. The substance of the bill is to create another quango that is not expected to be established until 2028 or 2029. It does nothing to improve social care now. Does the cabinet secretary agree with his predecessor and former employer Alex Neil that this is a “nonsensical bill”, and will he pause stage 2 to take the time to get it right?