Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:17 pm on 5 August 2020.
First Minister, I was very encouraged by your answer earlier to Adam Price, as I'm personally very keen to see the Welsh Government commit to a zero-COVID strategy for Wales. I was also very heartened by your restatement of your commitment to prioritise the reopening of schools. Of course, the other point that the Children's Commissioner for England made was that schools should be the first to open and the last to close, and that is also something that features in the scientific advice that the Welsh Government has received on the reopening of schools.
Now, I am very uneasy about the decision to reopen pubs indoors and the impact that that will have on our plans to reopen schools, so can I ask you how you will take forward that prioritisation of children and schools, especially in light of what's happened today in Aberdeen, where, I understand, the outbreak has been linked to a pub?
I'd also like to ask you about supermarkets. As you know, I'm really worried that many supermarkets now have abandoned one-way systems, restrictions on numbers, et cetera, and many of my constituents tell me that they don't feel safe going to the shops. What will you do, First Minister, to ensure that essential shops understand the need to maintain social distancing in Wales? Thank you.