<p>The European Football Championship 2016</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 8 June 2016.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 2:09, 8 June 2016

(Translated)

I will endorse those words by the First Minister as we turn to a European issue that all of us in this Chamber can agree on. I know that we all want to wish our national team well. It would be a very strange thing if I didn’t refer to the particular contribution by those from Anglesey to the national team, and I’m particularly pleased to wish Osian Roberts, a member of the coaching staff, well and Wayne Hennessey in goal. I will mention the work behind the scenes by Trefor Lloyd Hughes over the past few years. But, would the First Minister agree with me that we now need to use the success of this squad, and the success that hopefully will be achieved in France, as a springboard, and that we need to use the squad as a role model not only to enhance Wales’s profile and to promote football as a sport, but also to promote physical activity, which is so important to public health?