I thank the Member for his very positive comments in his contribution. Indeed, I share the Member’s comments regarding the marking of the centenary of the battle of Jutland and Mametz Wood. Events such as these not only recognise and mark our debt of gratitude to veterans of conflict in our nation’s history, but also remind us of the importance of supporting and honouring our present servicemen, women and reservists. Indeed, I have a family background of people serving within the military and I understand how important it is for service personnel to be recognised and to be supported.

Some of the initiatives that happen in Wales are very impressive. I recently visited a men’s shed in Saltney in my own constituency, which is a very important principle of supporting in a very novel way, where people can join an association where they can be reintegrated into society and have a bit of a laugh as well, as it was put to me at the event, which is extremely important. The Member mentioned education, and the new curriculum is about a citizen-focused process. I’ll be making sure that people are engaged in this process. It’s very important that we talk to young people about conflict. Part of the reason, and I wouldn’t want to go back to the debate about Europe before—. The fact that we can talk about this collectively as a nation, and as a European nation, I believe has saved conflicts like the world wars over the past 70 years, and I think that’s something that we should be very mindful of.

I’m grateful to the Member for recognising the issues in Wrexham, particularly around the housing association work with partners around housing and housing solutions. There are other examples across Wales, and I’m happy to write to the Member exploring exactly the housing proposals we have in place. I think it was a £2 million investment that’s delivered about 26 homes across Wales, and I can share the details with the Member. It helps provide them, of course, with a safe and secure home when, sometimes, this is a vulnerable position for the members.

I’m very keen to do some more work about family members in the armed forces. Actually, when I held this role previously, one of my most disappointing visits was when I visited an armed forces unit—a live armed forces unit—and the armed forces personnel were very well supported, but their families and children, I felt, were a little bit isolated. I thought that we could do more as a Government to support the armed forces in particular in how they are able to integrate into their local communities, of which they are a strong part.

In terms of veterans NHS services, the Welsh Government is committed to supporting veterans and wider armed forces communities by ensuring that veterans in particular have access to appropriate and timely healthcare—a very challenging process, particularly with sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder. But, we are proud of the work of Veterans’ NHS Wales as a unique service that provides dedicated veterans therapists in each of the health boards to improve the mental health and well-being of veterans in Wales. It is the only national service of its kind for veterans in the UK. I think there’s much more work to be done, but, actually, it’s a good start, and something that Wales should be shining a light on as something that we are doing very positively. But, I’m happy to work with the Member and I recognise his commitment to this particular cause.