And we move to the 90-second statements. Mike Hedges. 

Diolch, Llywydd. I'm very pleased to have the opportunity to congratulate the Baptist Union of Wales on its hundred and fiftieth anniversary. I speak as a member of Seion Newydd, the Welsh Baptist chapel based in Morriston. Yesterday, I attended an event in the Pierhead to celebrate the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Welsh Baptists, and I'm very pleased that so many Members, including you, Llywydd, were present.

I want to highlight the role that the Welsh Baptists, along with other Welsh nonconformist chapels, played in the continuity of the Welsh language during the early part of the twentieth century. It also played a major role in Welsh politics, and provided many members to the Liberals, Labour and Plaid Cymru. The success of the Baptists' cause can be seen in the villages, towns and cities of Wales where there were in excess of 1,000 Baptist chapels.

Welsh Baptist ministers have played a major role in Welsh politics at hymn writing. Lewis Valentine was a famous hymn writer, whose most famous hymn was Gweddi dros Gymru, but was also an early member of Plaid Cymru and one of the three who in 1936 set a bombing school on fire. Thomas Price was a leading figure in the political and religious life of Victorian Wales, and a minister at Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Aberdare, whose first job was as a pageboy. Joseph Harris, Welsh Baptist minister—who had 'Gomer' as his bardic name—on 1 January 1814 launched the first Welsh language weekly Seren Gomer in Swansea. We, as a nation, owe a great deal of gratitude to the Baptist Union of Wales for what they've achieved for the last 150 years.

On 1 April 1918, David Lloyd George approved the creation of the Royal Air Force, the world's first entirely separate and independent air force. The RAF would become the most powerful air force in the world, with more than 290,000 personnel and 23,000 aircrafts. Then, at a crucial point in world history, the RAF defended our island against the Nazi onslaught, in what became the most famous air battle in history, the Battle of Britain. But we in Wales are no strangers to the RAF's history and success. The famous bouncing bomb of the dambusters was tested in the Elan valley. Factory workers at Broughton built the Lancaster plane, which still flies today with the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain memorial flight. And the idea behind the RAF red arrows was formed in Wales, with the creation of the RAF yellowjacks at RAF Valley, in 1963.

Llywydd, to mark this momentous year in the RAF's history, there will be special events, activities, and other initiatives at local, regional and national levels, which will be running from this month until the end of November. One of the most notable events will be the centenary baton relay, which will see a specially designed baton visit 100 sites associated with the RAF, in 100 days. The baton will be visiting several locations in Wales, from 1 May to 11 May, starting in St Athan, and ending in RAF Valley.

We have so much to be thankful for, as the RAF has valiantly defended our freedom. If I could finish with the words of David Lloyd George, who said, 

'The heavens are their battlefield. They are the Cavalry of the Clouds.'