I hope you'll forgive me for standing up and contributing to this debate. Obviously, this is my first day, but I was Conservative spokesperson for sport in 2003 so I felt the need to stand up and say something. I wanted, first of all, to commend the report myself; I thought it was a very—. What Helen Mary Jones said; I want to thank her for that and thank the committee. I thought they were very sensible recommendations and very necessary recommendations.

I think sport and physical activity have played a vital role over the last three months during lockdown in terms of well-being. I know from my own children, it has saved our lives in a lot of ways. There's a gentleman called Joe Wicks—I'm not sure if you're aware of him—that did PE with Joe at home. But again, for those families that don't have iPads at home or any form of computer, they were missing out on that. It was great for those that could afford those facilities to enable them to use that, and that is something that we should look at, going forward—that schools should maybe take that role rather than having to rely on a celebrity like him. But I thought that was fantastic, what he achieved. 

Also, I've been enjoying tennis along with my son, because that's come back in terms of one-to-one tuition now, which is great—it's great to actually do any sort of sport as a sport nut myself, and my child, obviously. But we're looking forward to that progressing to enable more children to play together in matches, and so forth. 

I also want to just make the point, which hasn't been raised yet—you've all made very good points; Mick Antoniw, John Griffiths, et cetera—that we need to look at the vulnerable children, as I've just outlined. They are the ones that we need to target, particularly when it comes to sport, and we need it to reach them, because the benefits just are so huge, in terms of health and well-being and so on. But we need to realise that, as things open now, probably in the winter, there is going to be 'rain stops play' sorts of things in certain areas. For example, in Newport, you've got a mass of 3G, 4G pitches to play on, so it ensures that children have that continuity and are able to play sport.

I want us to remember that, in rural areas, even though Monmouth is seen as a largely affluent area, it is not—we have severe pockets of deprivation. But in terms of sport provision and facilities in rural areas, we are very poor, and, literally, we can't play grass-roots football or rugby or anything. And I'm thinking of my children's sports here; it is vital that our children get to play sport, and they can't if those facilities aren't there. So, I'm hoping that this committee will persuade the Government to look at rural areas, and ensure that we have the same facilities and the same opportunities as those in cities and our bigger towns. Thank you.