Diolch, Llywydd. The pandemic is coming at a huge cost to Wales. Two thousand one hundred and twenty-two individuals have sadly lost their lives to date, and the situation is far from being under control, or even contained. One only needs to look no further than here in north Wales, which has 635.7 confirmed cases per 100,000 of population, with many more tests required. Constituents reasonably question whether the Welsh Government has done everything possible to support them.

Yes, we face unprecedented circumstances, but in a true and healthy democracy, the measures taken by this Government must be open to transparency and scrutiny. That is clear from listening to some of the contributions to this important debate. Angela Burns—lack of PPE, failure to protect the most vulnerable in our care homes, a chaotic testing regime, lack of data collection. Russ George on the problems facing our businesses with mixed messaging, confusion around financial support and the immense damage to our local economy.

Testing has been and continues to be shambolic. Despite the Government's own targets of 5,000 and 9,000 tests per day, we are still only managing 2,492; seriously delayed testing of our symptomatic care home residents and those returning from hospital to care homes, with symptomatic care home workers causing huge risk; and then the scandal of the universal testing announcement for care homes only made on 16 May, despite many obvious calls, from us even, for this to come sooner to protect our most vulnerable. Sadly, they have been failed.

A constituent of mine, 94 years old, falling, breaking their hip, going into Glan Clwyd, where she sadly contracted COVID-19 and has since passed away. Others pressured into signing 'do not attempt CPR' forms. Cancer charities concerned that Wales is not opening up COVID-19-free cancer centres as is happening in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Thirteen thousand shielding letters for our most vulnerable going to the wrong address. Misleading Welsh Government announcements: £40 million for adult social care on 17 April—reality: this is only related to local authority-commissioned adult social care. A £500 bonus for care staff announced on 1 May—reality: not all working in the social care sector will receive this, and those who do will see this reduced through tax and impact on benefits, the Welsh Government not having done its homework on this before announcing it. An announcement on 6 May of £26 million to support our small charities—still great uncertainty as to how this will be allocated and to whom. The Welsh Government is also responsible for mixed messaging on education, self-isolation and support for businesses.

I would stress that we will reject the amendment by the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd. Her amendment and suggestions to remove 'Welsh Parliament appointed, judge-led' speaks volumes and shows up an absolute fear of scrutiny and independent challenge. Such a desire to remove the actual target set indicates a sheer inability to accept judgment. Too often in this Senedd, in my time as a Member, over the past nine years, serious inquiries have been previously commissioned, yet they have never been delivered. Now, with such a global emergency, requiring strong, transparent leadership from this Government in Wales, the only way to seek truth and honest answers is by no less than an independent, Welsh Parliament-appointed, judge-led inquiry, and this, in all fairness, must be delivered before the Senedd elections next May. As has been said earlier in this debate, those who've sadly lost their lives, and their families, those who've worked hard in our social care and the NHS and other services across Wales—they deserve it. At the end of the day, from an independent inquiry will come the transparency that we all seek, and I would ask and plead with the Welsh Labour Government not to shirk away from the greatest responsibility that they hold, and that is to allow absolute scrutiny and challenge. Diolch yn fawr iawn.