And so the 90-second statements are next and the first statement is from Huw Irranca-Davies.

Diolch, Llywydd. This is Co-operatives Fortnight, organised by Co-operatives UK, bringing together, for two weeks of mass co-operation, the workers, the members, the rebels, the citizens, the residents, the owners, the sharers and the millions of co-operators across the UK to mark Co-operatives Fortnight and celebrate—this statement being part of it—what can be achieved when we co-operate.

In Leeds, the Digital Cooperative Development Consortium Ltd will host a weekend digital hack for tech co-operators. In Northampton, there's a film screening of the Pioneers, the inspirational story of the birth of co-operation more than 175 years ago, and a marketplace featuring local co-operatives. In Plymouth, as part of the fortnight and Community Energy Fortnight, Plymouth Energy Community are hosting a Bee—as in the buzzy bee—Solar party at their community-owned solar array. And, in Scotland, Scotmid Co-op colleagues will hold 13 litter picks right across Scotland, supplying litter picking equipment to local communities and helping 1,500 groups to get involved in keeping their surroundings beautiful. And, in Cardiff, Wales Co-operative Centre hosted a lunch for co-op leaders to celebrate the positive impact of co-op businesses and explore new working partnerships, where it was great to hear the announcement of £3 million of EU funds supporting a new project that will help create new social businesses across west Wales and the Valleys, with the Social Business Wales New Start initiative led by the Wales Co-operative Centre aiming to create 200 social businesses over the next three years. This is the power of co-operation and what we can achieve when we work together, and I'm proud to say that this National Assembly has helped us celebrate Co-operatives Fortnight 2019.

Mike Hedges.

Diolch. Swansea: 50 years a city. This morning, I was in Tabernacle Chapel in Morriston celebrating, in the presence of the Prince of Wales, the fiftieth anniversary of Swansea being made a city. Fifty years to today, and two days after his investiture, the Prince of Wales, on his tour of Wales, he visited Swansea. On the steps of the Guildhall he announced that Swansea was going to be designated a city. Swansea was the second Welsh town to be granted city status, although it had to wait until 15 December before it formally received its letters patent from the Queen.

On that day, the Prince of Wales made a return journey to the new city to grant the charter to the people and the civic dignitaries of Swansea at the Brangwyn Hall. Two immediate changes occurred: at the first opportunity, Swansea Town Football Club changed its name to Swansea City; the mayor of Swansea became lord mayor, joining 23 English cities and Cardiff in Wales in being able to use the title 'lord mayor'.

Earlier this year I was pleased to attend the council's launch of its fiftieth anniversary of Swansea becoming a city, and a lot has been done in the city to celebrate that major achievement. And it's had a mindset change: we're no longer an 'ugly, lovely town' but now an outward-looking and vibrant city.

John Griffiths.

This coming Saturday, 6 July, the Maindee Festival will take place in Newport. It is a major event and a highlight of the summer and cultural life in my constituency. The festival association was founded in 1997 and it has organised and raised funds for annual events ever since. It begins with a spectacular parade in which everyone gets dressed up and joins the giant figures, bands of musicians and dancers, ending at the venue in the primary school grounds.

Maindee is an ethnically diverse community, constantly changing and evolving but coming together around a day to celebrate difference and common humanity with art, music and dance, food and drink. In these times of worrying division all over the world and close to home, opportunities to embrace unity in our communities, break down barriers and aid social cohesion are crucial. This year's theme of 'Making Maindee', which aims to recognise everything that makes our neighbourhood so vibrant and rich, could not be more appropriate.

I pay tribute to the charity and its hard working and talented committee and volunteers who give so much time and energy to make the day a success, engaging people across cultures. And, of course, I pay tribute to our wonderfully diverse community, who take part and go along in ever greater numbers year on year.