Elin Jones: And there endeth our Christmas banking debate. We look forward to next year's version. And we'll all be there in Buckley for that bank opening.
Elin Jones: A very merry Christmas to you all. That brings today's proceedings to a close.
Elin Jones: Good afternoon to you all and a very happy new year.
Elin Jones: A happy new year to you all.
Elin Jones: The first item on our agenda this afternoon, in 2023, and in the first meeting, is questions to the First Minister, and the first question in 2023 is from Peter Fox.
Elin Jones: Questions now from party leaders. The leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew R.T. Davies.
Elin Jones: Questions now from the leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price.
Elin Jones: Finally, question 8, Rhun ap Iorwerth.
Elin Jones: I thank the First Minister.
Elin Jones: The next item is the business statement and announcement. I call on the Trefnydd to make the statement, Lesley Griffiths.
Elin Jones: I was just thinking, what did you see on your way back from Wetherspoon's if you managed to see a meteor on your way to Wetherspoon's? [Laughter.] Anyway, I'll leave that to the imagination. Delyth Jewell.
Elin Jones: Samuel Kurtz.
Elin Jones: I thank the Trefnydd.
Elin Jones: The next item, therefore, is item 3. That's a statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services on winter pressures on the NHS, and I call on the Minister to make her statement—Eluned Morgan.
Elin Jones: I have a number of Members who wish to question the Minister on this statement. If you keep your questions succinct and effective, then that will enable me to call other Members in your groups later on as well. So, I'll start with you, Gareth Davies, and see if you can do succinct and effective for me.
Elin Jones: Just one thing: thank you for wishing us all a happy new year; that's the last time we need to be wished it. Thank you very much for doing that, but we'll save on time if we all wish each other now a happy new year, smile at each other, be kind to each other, as Jack Sargeant always reminds us in this place, and carry on with our questions. Don't worry, I won't include that 30 seconds in your...
Elin Jones: Yes, you were.
Elin Jones: Excellent.
Elin Jones: Finally, Darren Millar.
Elin Jones: Can we finish the question now, and can we ask the Minister to respond?