I too would like to thank everyone working in this important sector for their contributions over the past few months in caring for children, including children of some of our care workers, so that they could continue to maintain front-line services.

Unfortunately, half of the providers had to close their doors, but now many have reopened, as you mentioned. But 12 per cent continue to be closed. And I would like to look into this a little further and to ask you whether these locations will reopen or have some of these closed their doors once and for all. You go on to say in your statement that most of these locations expect a reduction of 30 per cent in the number of children attending in the near future. Now, that is a significant drop and will make some providers financially unsustainable, and unfortunately, as restrictions tighten once again, there is no sign that the situation is about to improve. As well as the detrimental impact on the businesses themselves, do you believe that there are other implications to this reduction? I'm thinking particularly of the impact on children, on the social development of children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. We know, and there is plenty of evidence to demonstrate, how important early years care and education is for the development of a child emotionally, socially and educationally. So, how concerned are you about this short-term reduction and possible longer term reduction from the perspective of the child?

As you mentioned, there's been a decline in the number of applicants for the childcare offer. It's lower than usual for this time of the year and one consequence of that, of course, is that there is more money in the budget. So, may I ask you whether you have considered extending the offer to children from families where the parent or parents don't work, so that they could benefit from early years childcare and education, which is something that Plaid Cymru has been calling for from the very outset? I hear you mention a review. When will that review take place and isn't it appropriate now to shift some of the funding in the budget towards those families where the parents aren't in work so that their children can benefit too?

And finally, mentioning the grants available. You have announced the small grants fund for the sector recently. As you mentioned, it's a £4 million fund, but I do understand that at the moment the number of applications to this fund is small. Could you tell us more about this? According to some of the providers that I've been speaking to, there's a lot of work attached to making an application for a grant from this particular fund and the amounts involved are relatively small and you have to provide a great deal of evidence to access the fund. So, I would ask you to look again at the criteria for this fund in order to attract more applications. It would be a shame if all of that £4 million weren't to be spent, and I'm sure you would agree with me on that point. Thank you.