I’m really looking forward to Thursday’s homecoming celebrations. It’s only right and proper that this institution and that Welsh Government recognise the achievements—those amazing achievements—of our Welsh Olympians and Paralympians, and also give a chance for the people of Wales to join us in celebrating as well.

I’m particularly proud to represent a constituency that boasts not just a Paralympic medal winner, but an Olympic gold medal winner, too. Nineteen-year-old Sabrina Fortune from Bryn-y-Baal smashed her personal best and claimed bronze medal in the F20 shotput. I’m sure colleagues will join me here in offering our congratulations to Sabrina on her achievement.

And, of course, there’s Jade Jones, the double gold Olympic medal winner, ‘the headhunter’, ‘the fighter from Flint’, or, actually—should I say it how we say it in Flint—‘the fighter off Flint’. Jade’s home town is incredibly proud of all that she’s achieved. Back in August, the community came together to watch her fight as a whole, and to cheer Jade on to victory until the early hours. In fact, I was thinking that the next day we should have put a public order announcement out to say that anybody passing through Flint should go very quietly, because the whole town was in recovery mode.

The community came together once again just over a week ago for a homecoming celebration befitting Jade’s achievements. There was a civic service, an open-top bus tour around the town, and fireworks, with the grand finale being Flint castle looking amazing, being lit up in gold. I’d like to place on record thanks to the Cabinet Secretary for making my rather random request at the start of the early hours of the morning to light up the castle a reality, and people really did enjoy it as well—also, credit to Flintshire County Council and our town council for the organisation and turning things round in time.