Can I welcome the statement from the Minister as regards celebrating National Adoption Week? And, obviously, I think we're all, on these benches, very happy to join in widespread celebration of adoption week. I'm very happy to second the tribute to all prospective adoptive parents and those who have been adopting children and young people over the years. It really is tremendous. I stand in awe, actually. I stand in awe, because there is a huge agenda here, obviously. I used to wonder, in my baby clinics in Fforestfach Medical Centre years ago—. I used to see little babies who were exactly the same as my own babies at the time, but they would have very different experiences to my children, and you could see the brutalising effect of a wide variety of adverse childhood experiences scarring young children, and it wasn't their fault. And it was absolutely terrible to behold. The same sort of situation, unfortunately, carries on happening these days, and sometimes that phrase, 'adverse childhood experiences', seems to hide the cruelty and the abuse that is still happening, and scars run deep and long. And obviously, prolonged stays in the care system as well can be sometimes equally brutalising. And so, adoption really is extremely important, and I salute, obviously, also, the work of the National Adoption Service as well.

Now, plainly, my question involves—. Plainly, adoption, therefore, is preferable, obviously, to remaining in the care system for a long period of time. So, can I ask the Minister how confident is he that the current focus on trying to ensure children can return to birth parents, while understandable, that sort of focus on trying to ensure that children can return to their birth parents is only being undertaken when most people involved in that situation would accept that this is a realistic possibility? Because, it's an important issue, and situations are extremely difficult. Decisions cannot be rushed, but obviously they have to be the right decisions as well. Thank you.