I'd like to start by publicly congratulating and thanking the commissioner and her team for all the valuable work over the past year, and indeed over the last six years. The commissioner has earned the respect and trust of older people right across Wales, and in the last 12 months alone, the commissioner and her team have met with 169 groups and 3,300 individuals. This extensive engagement has allowed the commissioner to speak with an informed and confident voice about how we can all work together to create resilient communities and become a nation where everyone can look forward to growing old.

I thank Paul Davies for the first amendment tabled, to introduce a Bill of rights for older people, but I oppose this amendment. Now, I agree with Paul that we must empower older people to speak up when their rights are not being fulfilled, but I disagree that new, further legislation, such as a Bill of rights for older people, is necessary. In fact, we've been working closely with the outgoing commissioner to agree an alternative to legislation that will make rights real for older people. The commissioner has indeed spoken out that she has been pleased with our commitment to the rights agenda, and she strongly welcomed our proposals at the launch of her legacy report last week.

So, the actions we've agreed with the commissioner include but are not exclusively these: building on the clear statutory rights and entitlements that we've put in place under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 by co-producing practical guidance—practical guidance—that demonstrates how to make those United Nations principles real for older people; revising the guidance relating to escalating concerns on care home closures, which I know will be of interest to some Members here; building the narrative of human rights into care home inspection reports; and taking advice from the NHS Centre for Equality and Human Rights on how to place rights at the core of our NHS Wales. But our initial focus will be on safeguarding and advocacy, as we agree with the commissioner that these are the areas we need to get right if we are to support all older people to make decisions about their care and the quality of their lives.