Can I thank Mike Hedges for his comments and his questions? He was right to say that disabled people are more likely to be unemployed, and that disabled people, if they are in employment, are more likely to be underpaid. Therefore, as a consequence, it is clear that disabled people are more likely to be living in poverty in this modern age, and that is morally unacceptable.

The Welsh Government is absolutely determined to ensure that the people of Wales have opportunities to secure employment and then to progress in their careers. It is a priority for this Government that every single person should have the opportunity to work. Mike Hedges referenced the fact that people who are looking for work are absolutely determined to secure decent, well-paid opportunities. The evidence that demonstrates that people who face disabling factors are determined to work is very, very clear indeed, Dirprwy Lywydd. We know that disabled people account for around about 45 per cent of the economically inactive group within Wales today, and that a third of unemployed people in Wales are facing disabling factors. Approximately 49,000 economically inactive disabled people are either seeking work or are not actively seeking work but would like to work. That means that over 50 per cent of economically inactive people who face disabling barriers are either seeking work or would like to work. That accounts for around about 90,000 people in our country.

In order to achieve the target of closing the gap in terms of employment between the UK and Wales for disabled people, we would have to find opportunities for at least 16,000 people. Clearly, Dirprwy Lywydd, the determination of people to find work, their desire to find work, shows that finding 16,000 people who wish to get into the workplace will not be a problem. The challenge is in ensuring that businesses make those opportunities available to people who face disabling factors.

We work with Business Wales in advising entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized enterprises on how they can remove barriers for people. We are also working with numerous stakeholders and, through the action on disability framework, we have outlined a number of ambitious plans for how we can improve opportunities for individuals through our major and smaller employers in the country.

In terms of the specific question that Mike Hedges raises about what the Welsh Government can do and also, very importantly, what those funded bodies that rely on Welsh Government resource can do, I'm pleased to inform Members today that the economic contract is to be extended to a significant number of Welsh Government-funded bodies, to ensure that those funded bodies drive inclusive growth and embrace the fair work agenda, which is at the very heart of the economic contract, and, in so doing, create more opportunities for disabled people to get employment within their organisations.