Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:24 pm on 12 November 2019.
Thank you. Absolutely. Lest we forget—I think there's always consensus on that right across this Chamber and beyond, across the country. As well, may I start by congratulating you on becoming an honorary member of the Shotton and Deeside branch? You started by talking about Connah's Quay cenotaph, and I must admit, Deputy Presiding Officer, I actually have fond memories of Connah's Quay cenotaph myself growing up, not least as the standard bearer for 1st Connah's Quay Brownies during one remembrance service. And actually, just to indulge myself a little bit further, the Great-uncle Tom I mentioned, he was actually at the cenotaph in Connah's Quay on Remembrance Sunday, as well, as he has been every year.
In terms of, actually, the serious points that you raise there with the support for mental health—absolutely, we know that is a priority that needs to be supported, which is why we are proud to have invested in the Veterans' NHS Wales service. As I said previously, clearly, there are people who may not know that the service is available, might not feel able to go and get that support, which is why that peer-to-peer support is so, so important, but also the work that we're doing in the scoping exercise, making sure that we're speaking to those people, veterans organisations, where they feel there may be gaps in services. And, of course, if the Member ever has things raised with you locally with regard to the provision of support, then please do write to us and write to me, because then that can actually feed into how we build on the work we're already doing.