The next item on our agenda is the business statement and announcement, and I call on the leader of the house, Jane Hutt.

Diolch, Llywydd. There are several changes to business this week. The Business Committee has agreed to schedule a motion to allocate committee Chairs to political groups immediately after the business statement. The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children will then make a statement on fire safety in Wales, the steps being taken following the Grenfell Tower fire. After this the First Minister will make a statement on ‘Brexit and Devolution: Securing Wales’ Future’. The Business Committee has also scheduled two motions tomorrow to seek the Assembly’s agreement of updated finance procedures and a new budget protocol. Business for the next three weeks is as shown on the business statement and announcement, found in the meeting papers that are available to Members electronically.

Good afternoon, leader of the house. May I ask you to beseech the Cabinet Secretary for health and social services to bring the statement back to the Chamber on school nurses that was postponed a fortnight ago? School nurses play an important role in Welsh schools, not just dealing with minor injuries, but also offering pastoral advice and general health information. A number of professionals were keen to learn of the contents of this statement and so were a great many Assembly Members. It is an issue of vital importance. We know how many of our young people suffer with mental health issues, suffer with items such as obesity, and to be able to understand clearly how the Welsh Government is going to support the role of school nurses would be of use to all of us. I would prefer this, please, leader of the house, to be an oral statement if at all possible, because I think that this is an issue that absolutely merits debate.

Thank you very much, Angela Burns. Of course, I think, shared across this Chamber, is recognition and applause for the role and the contribution that school nurses make across Wales on every level, in terms of prevention and the health and well-being of our children and young people. Certainly, I know there will be a chance to start, I’m sure, with questions tomorrow to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport, but clearly this is something that the Cabinet Secretary will consider in terms of further opportunities.

I hosted a young carers event in the Senedd on Saturday, which was well attended, mostly by young carers from across Cardiff. I know that they told me there that you’re working on a card system so that young carers can identify in schools or in social settings that they are a carer, so that they get treatment that’s sensitive to what they need. But, almost all the young carers that I spoke to mentioned the fact that if they need to pick up a prescription and they’re under 16, in an emergency situation—. One of the girls who was there, her father is psychotic and needed to have medication urgently, but she was refused access to that medication because she was under 16. Many of them told me how they felt they weren’t respected because they weren’t able to pick up that medication. They weren’t wanting to use it for any other reason, apart from to give it to their loved ones. I want the Welsh Government to look at this and bring back a statement, to look if there are ways to be more flexible for those young carers who actually need to do this for very real reasons, and to try and communicate with them as to what you’re doing as a Government, generally, for young carers in Wales.

Bethan Jenkins brings a very important point to the Assembly this afternoon in terms of, I’m sure, all of us being engaged and recognising the role of carers as we look at Carers Week. But, specifically, you’re focusing on young carers and, of course, their needs are so often hidden and not understood unless we have the engagement, not only active engagement of schools—. And, indeed, we’ve already reflected on the role of school nurses, which is very relevant, I think, as well to the point you make particularly in terms of the responsibilities the young carers have. So, that is certainly something that I will discuss with the appropriate Cabinet Secretary and Minister in terms of taking on board those points.

People have been horrified by the Grenfell Tower fire and the failure of local and central Government to ensure that building controls are in place. I wondered if the Government could make a statement on how we could reinstate the powers of local government to be able to effectively inspect all new buildings, and indeed refurbished ones, to ensure that they are fit for people to live in, because local authorities have been absolutely stripped of both the resources and the expertise. And I am particularly concerned that contractors can now appoint their own building inspectors from an approved list, because that obviously opens up huge opportunities for corruption, and there are many cases, I’m afraid, that I’ve heard about in Cardiff where buildings are not up to the standard that they have been advertised as.

Well, clearly, Jenny Rathbone raises a very important point, which I know that the Cabinet Secretary, not only will be addressing, but there will be further questions in his statement in terms of, not only steps being taken following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, but also in terms of the reviews that will have to be take place and, indeed, the scope of the public inquiry, which is being launched. But it is important that you raised the point today.

Cabinet Secretary, may I ask for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport on the establishment of a Welsh cricket team? It’s a fairy tale story that happened last weekend. On Sunday, the Pakistan cricket team, which was the lowest ranking cricket team in the world, won the world cup and there were some talents. The boys came from a remote part of the country; they were unheard of; they were not familiar with the British ground or conditions or weather or whatever it was. But the first match they lost and after that they beat India, South Africa and other top countries in the world. They won it. I think if Scotland, Ireland and other countries are involved in the ICC World Twenty20 and the ICC Cricket World Cup, why can’t we, Wales? I believe the time has come for Wales to have its own cricket team to compete on the world stage. We need to widen the pathway for Welsh players to play international cricket. In my view, the best interest of the sport in Wales would be served by Welsh players taking the field to play international cricket for Wales. Could we have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary on this issue, please?

Well, I think Mohammad Asghar has got quite a lot of support across this Chamber for a statement on cricket for Wales, so I’ll see what I can do with the Cabinet Secretary.

Sunday was Father’s Day. Thousands of children across Wales would have been prevented from seeing their fathers. Could you give a Government statement on what the Government is doing to enable both parents to see their children, because something really should be being done?

I know Mark Isherwood spoke very powerfully last week about the role of fathers. That was pre Father’s Day, and you raise an important point, of course, Neil McEvoy, but this is something that is very clearly within the framework of our justice system, as well as positive parenting policies.

Can I welcome the change of business to actually resolve the outstanding matter of the chairmanship of CCERA? We’ve done very well and I commend the Members who’ve rotated through the chairmanship, having lost the Chair for a short period, but as anybody knows when you go without a Chair for a long period, you eventually do need to rest your legs. It’ll be good to have somebody in pole position there.

So, as one of the small but perfectly formed group of Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party Assembly Members, now joined, noticeably, by the biggest number ever of UK Labour and Co-operative Party Members in the UK Parliament, we’re keen to celebrate the Co-operatives Fortnight, which showcases the growing movement of co-operatives across the UK and, indeed, across the globe. So, what better way to mark that than to request a debate here in the Senedd, where we can highlight the role of the UK co-operative economy? A debate that would allow us to discuss a real alternative found in the co-operative economy, now valued at £35.7 billion in the UK, with over 226,000 employees in over 6,000 co-ops, covering housing, transport, farmers, food producers, healthcare, social care, renewables and retail, from community enterprises to multimillion-pound businesses. It would be a good chance to hear that there is a different, alternative and successful way of doing business, where the customers and the employee are valued, not just the balance sheet and the shareholders.

Huw Irranca-Davies draws attention to the very good result from the general election, which has meant that we have more Welsh Labour and Co-operative Members of Parliament, joining, of course, the Welsh Labour and Co-operative Members here. This is a very important point, which is not just shared by Welsh Labour; I know that there is a strong spirit in this Assembly, not just in terms of Labour, but with colleagues in Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Conservatives, although I’m not sure about that party over there. But I think the points you make are very important. The contribution in terms of the economy and the opportunity to debate that, I think, would be very welcome, and I hope that would be embraced across the whole of this Chamber. So, I think that we should then table a debate accordingly.

Leader of the house, could we have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Education in light of the comments from the First Minister that seem to have reinstated the PISA target for 2021, after her assertion in the Children, Young People and Education Committee meeting last Thursday? I do think it is vitally important that everyone with an interest in education does know who is running education here in Wales. Is it in the gift of the Cabinet Secretary for Education, or is it the First Minister overruling the Cabinet Secretary for Education in setting the goals and objectives for the department and, indeed, the education system here in Wales? Because we all want to see improvement in our education system, and we all want to see consistency in that improvement, but what we witnessed this afternoon was a complete dislocate between the Cabinet Secretary and the head of the Government, the First Minister. So, can we have a statement to clarify exactly who is running the education system here in Wales?

I think the First Minister made the position absolutely clear this afternoon and, in fact, you had three opportunities to ask the question and he responded to, again, confirm his position. Achieving 500 in 2021 remains the Welsh Government’s target. And, of course, I think it is important to say that the target is just one diagnostic indicator amongst many others, such as GCSE performance and the closing of the attainment gap, school categorisation and Estyn inspections. But the First Minister made the position absolutely clear.

Thank you, leader of the house.