Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:56 pm on 29 September 2020.
I note that the restrictions on travel in and out of these counties also affect people of faith in a significant way. As I understand it, it's not considered to be a reasonable excuse to travel beyond your local authority border to attend a place of worship of your choice. Now, there are many people of faith who travel across their county borders in order to access services in churches and synagogues of denominations or places of worship of their particular faith. This is not something that I believe is acceptable, and I would urge you, Minister, to look at this again. You've been very considerate of faith communities generally throughout this lockdown, but spiritual well-being is just as important as mental health and physical well-being, and therefore I urge you to look again at that particular restriction to see whether there's some way that that can be addressed.