Darren Millar: Llywydd, I do apologise for interrupting you. I did vote when you were asking me whether my vote had registered. It had registered on my screen, but—
Darren Millar: Thank you.
Darren Millar: Trefnydd, can I call for two statements today? The first is a request for a statement on the impact of people taking abortion medication at home. You'll be aware that the Welsh Government, the health Minister, announced that he was changing the rules regarding the ability to take abortion medication at home at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But the problem is that between 1 April,...
Darren Millar: What action is the Welsh Government taking to support those experiencing long COVID?
Darren Millar: Minister, I listened very carefully to your answer to Huw Irranca-Davies there. As you will know, in Conwy and Denbighshire here, we rely heavily on tourism as an industry, and we have amongst the very best holiday caravan sites and campsites in the whole of the United Kingdom. They tell me that it's very important that they have a clear understanding of when they will be able to reopen...
Darren Millar: Can I ask you, First Minister, about the work that's been undertaken by the Welsh Government to ensure that our veteran community in Wales have adequate access to housing? I know that you, like me, will recall that this week, of course, marks a special anniversary for those veterans who were involved in the Gulf war, and I know that many veterans who've suffered from post-traumatic stress...
Darren Millar: Is that better?
Darren Millar: Diolch, Llywydd. Trefnydd, can I call for a statement on the reopening of garden centres in Wales? You'll be aware that in both England and Scotland garden centres have been considered to be essential services, because of the impact of gardening on both physical and mental health and well-being. And I think it's a great shame that here in Wales our garden centres are still closed, especially...
Darren Millar: Minister, one of the other big impacts of the vaccination programme, which has been so successful here in Wales and across the UK, has been the falling number of people with COVID in our hospitals. I've noticed, though, that, on the latest sets of data that are available, it would seem that the proportion of hospital beds that are taken up by COVID-positive patients in Wales is still much...
Darren Millar: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move amendments 41 and 42 and amendments 20, 21 and 22, all of which are tabled in my name. Can I make it clear at the outset of my contribution to this debate that I fully support the principle that children should be receiving teaching on sex and relationships that keeps them safe from harm and enables them to make informed choices? I also agree that...
Darren Millar: At present, the Bill simply requires that the mandatory element of relationships and sexuality education is, and I quote, 'developmentally appropriate'. But, of course, this doesn't go far enough. Should it become law, the legislation would require Welsh Ministers to publish an RSE code setting out themes and matters to be encompassed by the mandatory element of RSE education in Wales. But my...
Darren Millar: Yes, I move.
Darren Millar: I move, yes.
Darren Millar: I move amendments 23 to 29, and amendment 19, all of which have been tabled in my name. The Bill in its current form is discriminatory, unfortunately, in that it places burdens on schools with a religious character across Wales that do not apply to those schools without a religious character. At present, schools across Wales either provide a religious education curriculum that has been agreed...
Darren Millar: I move.
Darren Millar: I move.
Darren Millar: I move.
Darren Millar: I move.
Darren Millar: Yes, move.
Darren Millar: I move.
