Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:33 pm on 16 May 2017.
Very quickly, then. First of all, there’s the taboo that is involved in discussing these matters. Obviously, today is a way of addressing how we overcome that taboo by the very nature of the statement, and the debate and the delivery plan. But it does seem to me that there was a time when death was much more a family and community experience, you know when bodies were in the home, as it were, and when people took matters into their own hands in terms of how they dealt with death. And it’s very much, I think, been removed from that setting and been professionalised. And it has created a taboo, and we do need to make sure that conversations take place if people are going to think ahead, plan ahead, and ensure that they’re ready for that inevitable end of life. So, I think we do need a cultural change, and I think this is recognised in what the Cabinet Secretary has said, and we need to make sure that that takes place.