Well, firstly, let me associate myself with the Member's comment in the question in relation to the contribution made by EU citizens who've chosen to make Wales their home. We want them to continue to feel the welcome that we've always extended, and to recognise the valuable contribution that they make, which is why this is such an important question.

Our central, recent concern has been in relation to more vulnerable or excluded groups who may not be able easily to access the scheme. We've tried to do what we can in terms of communications and social media campaigns, and we've allocated funding through the European transition fund, as he will recall, to organisations such as Citizens Advice—[Inaudible.]—local authorities and an expert service through an immigration law firm here in Wales. 

What has happened, unfortunately, during the last few months, as a consequence of COVID, is that a number of those groups who've been working face-to-face with EU citizens have obviously not been able to do that, given constraints as a result of COVID. And there has been the temporary closure of a number of Home Office support services, for example. I have recently written to the Home Secretary to press her to consider extending the deadline for applications in light of that, so that, in particular, people who might struggle to identify the scheme, perhaps, have an opportunity to do that. The UK Government has refused to extend the deadline, and whilst they maintain that if someone has reasonable grounds for missing it, they will be given a further opportunity, clearly people need certainty about what lies ahead. So, we continue to press that case. 

We know that there are about 70,000 people in Wales who may need to make an application. We think the applications are a little over 60,000 at this point, but, of course, only a small majority of those will have had settled status; a very significant proportion still have pre-settled status. But we seek to encourage EU citizens across Wales to apply at the earliest opportunity to the scheme.