Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to give Suzy Davies and Dai Lloyd a minute of my time to speak in this debate. My debate is on the role of community hospitals in the twenty-first century.

On Thursday 5 July this year, the NHS will be 70 years old. Those 70 years have seen tremendous advances in care: the eradication of smallpox and polio, the world’s first liver, heart and lung transplants were performed, and diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke and cancer are no longer a death sentence. As a result, we are all living much longer. In 1947 the average life expectancy was 64. Today, that has risen to around 82, and those born today are expected to live well into their 90s and beyond. King William will be sending rather more telegrams than his grandmother. In 20 years, there will be around 45 per cent more over-65s. However, old age rarely comes alone, and over the next decade, around a quarter of us will have a limiting long-term condition.