4. 90-second Statements

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:55 pm on 7 February 2018.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 2:55, 7 February 2018

Our match against the Houses of Commons and Lords is the big annual match for the Assembly rugby team, held on the day of the Wales-England six nations fixture. I’ll be there, at Roslyn Park in London on Saturday, alongside a number of other Members, hopefully with all of you invited to play or to support. We’ll be there as Members, as support staff, as researchers, as security, and my son will be there too, all with one main purpose: no, not to extend our six-match winning streak, as important as that is, but to do all we can to raise the profile of the charities we support.

The bowel cancer charity has had a busy week, publishing a new report, calling for strengthened services and better diagnosis. And in donning our Assembly rugby kit, and, yes, putting our bodies on the line for 80 minutes this Saturday, we’ll try to do our bit to shout as loudly as we can for Steff and everybody else in the same position as him that, when it comes to the fight against cancer, it’s game on.