Thank you, Minister, for your statement. Can I first of all put on record the Conservatives' thanks to all the public officials and everyone connected to trying to suppress the virus in the outbreak areas? No-one wants to be under restriction, but obviously these restrictions place a particular obligation on certain public officials and also the public at large to adhere to them, and I put my thanks on the record and that of the Welsh Conservatives to each and every one who is battling the fight to suppress the virus.

I put a series of questions to the Minister in relation to his statement, which I appreciate didn't arrive as it usually does, but I have had a brief sight of it, so I'd like to ask the Minister in the first instance: how is the decision arrived at when infection rates go over a certain threshold that the Minister responds and puts the restrictions in place? Because on Sunday, the Vale of Glamorgan, for example, was put into the bracket of restrictions on the Monday night, yet it had a lower infection rate than the counties that he's announced this evening that won't go under restriction until Thursday. Flintshire, Denbighshire and Conwy all had higher infection rates on Sunday as opposed to the Vale of Glamorgan, so I'd be interested to understand how the Government reads into those infection rates and responds accordingly.

I'd also like to try and understand, after asking him some two weeks ago, what progress is being made in trying to develop a local information campaign, so that, as in other parts of the United Kingdom, a ward-by-ward understanding of infection rates can be understood by the Government, and, where possible, the hyperlocal lockdowns rather than countywide or regionwide lockdowns are achieved. At the moment, I disagree with the Minister when he says these aren't regional lockdowns. In the south, some 2 million people are now under lockdown; I'd hazard a guess—with my understanding of the north—that this most probably affects approximately half a million people in north-east Wales. In effect, the whole of north-east Wales is now under lockdown as of Thursday night with these announcements. So, I do think that the Minister does need to try and develop a strategy where there is better use of local information to try and support hyperlocal lockdowns, as opposed to countywide lockdowns, where the information supports that.

I'd also like to hear from the Minister what action he is taking in response to the older persons' commissioner's concerns raised yesterday about visits to care homes. I understand there has been some movement in those restrictions and that guidance issued yesterday, but I think the concerns from the older persons' commissioner going forward—in particular as we go into the winter months—are worthy of movement from the Government where they can, to facilitate such visits into care homes, because of the mental well-being of the residents concerned.

I'd also like to understand from the Minister in particular what action his Government is taking in relation to student returns to many of the counties that are under lockdown. The mental well-being and health of the students, as well as those associated with universities, has to be a critical priority, and I'd like to understand what discussions have gone on between the Government and the institutions, to know that there is a comprehensive plan of support and help when it comes to mental health and well-being.

I'd also like to understand from the Minister how he is taking forward the next review—I'd like to see action now, but I understand the review process that the Welsh Government works to—around trying to facilitate greater access for people living on their own. Because at the moment, obviously, they are going to have little or no contact with other individuals, and again, that has serious implications for mental health and well-being. I do hear what the First Minister said this afternoon about wanting to make progress in this area; I understand progress has been made in other parts of the United Kingdom, namely Scotland, and I would urge the Minister, if he feels able under the current evidence that he has, to try and make progress on this area quicker than just the 21-day review that is currently undertaken.

And finally, the Minister issued a written statement this morning in relation to capacity of Nightingale hospitals going down from 19 across Wales to ten. Obviously, the national lockdown back in the spring was all about suppressing the virus so that ultimately, there wouldn't be a huge burden on the NHS, and this capacity was introduced to try and alleviate such a burden. With the spike in infection rates, with the predictions that I presume the Minister's had sight of, can he gave us confidence that it is prudent to reduce the bed capacity that is available via the Nightingale hospital operation and that he does have confidence that if—and we hope that this won't be the case, but if—it is the case that there is a surge in hospital admissions, the current configuration that he has available to him, and the Welsh NHS has available to him on beds, would be able to cope with a surge in numbers of patients entering the health service across Wales? Thank you, Presiding Officer.