I too want to thank Jayne Bryant for bringing this most important issue of our time, I believe, to the floor of the Assembly today. I just wanted to briefly contribute, because, like many others, this is an issue that is very close to my heart, because, like many others in this Chamber and across the country, my family has first-hand experience of the challenges faced by unpaid carers. I know that the Member for Newport West is an incredibly strong advocate in this area.

At my local level, in the local authority, I know, to my knowledge, that there is a lot more that’s being done to help unpaid carers through the local authority and the voluntary sector working together, but I think what we need to do now is build on this work to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to plug that gap that still exists sometimes between the acute hospital setting, community hospitals and other means of respite step-up and step-down care, as well as homecare, but these need to fit, be tailored and be flexible to fit the family and the circumstances. So, we all know that the pressures are growing and that people are living longer, which obviously is a positive, but we need to actually deal with how we meet those challenges, both financial and demographic. So, I’ll just finish by saying that I think that we need to see how all partners can work together to develop new models of public sector provision that have both those needing care and those providing care at their core.