Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:45 pm on 14 November 2018.
Again, I thank the leader of the house for an honest answer to that question.
Can I move on to another aspect, which I indicated earlier that you had alluded to? I was pleased to see that a survey for Wales showed no significant gender differences in personal internet use for ages 65 and below. However, for the ages 65 to 74, the survey records a somewhat puzzling statistic: that 75 per cent of men and only 68 per cent of women are regular internet users. However, a far more telling statistic, and one that you did mention earlier—one of perhaps greater concern—is that, for ages 75 upwards, only 40 per cent are internet active. Now, given the fact that many services are now being moved to deliver online, including financial and medical services, is it not time to redouble our efforts to get all of the people more engaged with the internet and, indeed, the digital revolution being played out around them?