Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I am pleased to respond to this debate put forward by Neil McEvoy, and I appreciate the calm, measured way he has presented his arguments. I think the individual points that he makes about individual situations—I'm not able to comment on them, so I thought I would use the opportunity to talk about what our philosophy from the Government was about children, and what our hopes for children are. I think, really, all parties have always bought into—well, there is a clear consensus that we all have a collective responsibility to ensure that we try to give children and young people the best care and support that is available to them, to allow them to flourish in a safe environment, supported and guided by people who care and have their best interests at heart.

The laws in Wales have changed significantly in recent years, and that transforms how social care is given through the Social Services and Well-being Act (Wales) 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016. The 2014 Act has been in force since April 2016, and stakeholders across Wales have worked very hard to implement its aspirations. and the purpose of that Act is prevention, early intervention to help parents—which I know the Member will agree with—co-production, working together with families, and voice and control are at the heart of the Act, and thanks to the action of this Assembly in agreeing the regulated adoption service regulations yesterday, 29 April—that will mark a milestone in the delivery of the 2016 Act, when Care Inspectorate Wales will start registering providers of adoption and fostering services, bringing them into the scope of the quality improvement focus of the 2016 Act. So, there was a significant development yesterday in the care of children.