The warm and thoughtful tributes paid by Members of all parties today serve as testament to how our friend and colleague, Mohammad Asghar, earned respect from all corners of the Senedd. Thank you all for sharing your memories of our friend, Oscar. I, like all of you, am deeply saddened by the loss of such a great character, who always brought life to Senedd proceedings with his heartfelt contributions.

I first heard of Oscar before I met him. It must have been around 2005: a farmers' public meeting had been held in Lampeter and a Muslim Plaid Cymru member from South Wales had come to talk to Ceredigion farmers about legalising the trade in smokies. The farmers were talking about the meeting in the local marts for weeks. He'd made an impression. It had been both a culture shock and a meeting of minds. I met Oscar soon after that and got to learn much more about smokies.

Oscar was an internationalist, and made the most of opportunities to build bridges with other countries, faiths and cultures and to promote Wales on the world stage. The Commonwealth was an integral part of Oscar's roots and identity, and he was a strong supporter of Wales's place within its wider family. He was always pleased to represent his group and the Senedd on the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Indeed, over this past decade, Oscar served on our CPA executive committee longer than any other Member, during which time he proudly and diligently represented our Welsh Parliament at numerous high-profile international conferences.

It is fitting that Oscar's last contribution in the Senedd focused on an issue that he had promoted for so many years: nurturing economic enterprise and skills in the workplace. Fluent in four languages, I think Oscar may have been the Senedd's most multilinguist. No wonder, therefore, that he could speak to us all in his own way, a friend to Members of all parties and a valued ally for many causes and campaigns, from legalising smokies to a national cricket team, from entrepreneurialism to internationalism.

As I sit here on my sofa in Aberaeron, looking at Oscar's fellow Senedd Members on my Zoom screen, I keep being drawn to look to my right, as I would in the Chamber, to the Conservative backbench and to an empty chair, a chair, a Parliamentary seat that Mohammad Asghar filled with such pride and passion. When we return to our Chamber, Mohammad Asghar will not be with us, but his generous spirit and his tolerant world view will help guide us all through these troubling times. 

In the spirit of Paul Davies's fine words today: today, Oscar, your Senedd gives you and your family a big virtual cwtsh, as you cwtshed so many of us over the years. Diolch, Oscar, and my condolences, on behalf of us all, are with Firdaus and Natasha and all your family, who I know were so very dear to you.

That draws to a close our session of tributes. Thank you all for your contributions. For members of the public who are watching this broadcast, it will be possible to share your thoughts and memories of Mohammad Asghar on our online book of condolences.

Members will also know that we have changed today's business out of respect to Oscar's family, but, as Oscar and all parliamentarians would understand, we have parliamentary and coronavirus-related business to undertake and we will move to do so now. I understand, of course, that some Members may now wish to leave and you may now want to turn off your cameras.