Thank you for your statement, Minister. As you are well aware, I have been a long-term proponent of prefabricated and modular housing as an answer to our social housing shortage and have been arguing for this approach since I was first elected. As someone who grew up in a prefab, I have many fond memories of my prefab home. I realise that the prefabs of yesteryear won't meet modern standards, but then neither do any homes built in that era.

I welcome the Welsh Government's new strategy for social housing, which accepts that traditional building methods cannot address our dire need for social housing. As the Minister has outlined in her statement, modern methods of construction and off-site construction will address our social-home shortage by building more of them, more quickly. Minister, I fully support this approach and hope to see the results very soon.

You state that building with MMC could reduce construction waste by up to 90 per cent. The need to decarbonise the construction industry cannot be overstated. Minister, given that the Welsh Government has failed to meet its tree-planting targets, will there be sufficient sustainable wood supplies to meet the future demands of MMC? Minister, how will you ensure that only Welsh-sourced materials are used in future construction products?

Your strategy states that MMC and OSM will help reduce energy bills. So, what consideration has been given to mitigating the need for active cooling as our climate becomes warmer and wetter? We have seen the devasting effects of severe weather events in the last few weeks. Minister, can you confirm that new homes built using MMC, whether on or off-site, will have in-built protections against flooding, such as one-way valves and flood barriers? 

And finally, Minister, one of the biggest advantages of growing up in a prefab was access to a garden and the community. Will you ensure that all social homes built with MMC and OSM have a garden? Access to a garden is essential for families and children, but also elderly people, as it enables them to keep pets. So, Minister, will you ensure that social tenants in these new homes will be able to keep pets in order to help combat isolation and loneliness? Thank you.