Diolch. Our motion today notes the cross-party group on hospices and palliative care’s report on inequalities in access to hospice and palliative care and is based entirely on this evidence-based report and further detailed evidence received since from organisations and professionals working in the sector. It is therefore deeply regrettable that the Welsh Government is proposing an amendment that deletes almost all of this and I therefore urge them to withdraw their amendment, listen and act.

Approximately 23,000 people in Wales have a palliative care need at any one time, including over 1,000 children. But around one in four, around 6,000 people, don't get access to the end-of-life care they need.