Llywydd, 5 to 18 October marks Wool Week 2020. The aim is to promote the virtues of and foster greater use of this exceptional natural material. In fact, if there was a material category in the Royal Welsh Show, I tell you, wool would always win the red rosette. It is natural, renewable, biodegradable, an insulator, hygroscopic, breathable, resilient, elastic, trans-seasonal, easy-care, odour-resistant, flame-retardant, and has a high level of ultraviolet protection. Compare that to any man-made items of clothing, carpet, building insulation, mattresses, bedding and the negative impact they have on the environment. 

Despite Welsh wool being a gold-standard product, our farmers are receiving as little as 28p a fleece, much less than the cost of what is essential shearing. I have written to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and I am in talks with British Wool, the Campaign for Wool, carpet and bed retailers and the Welsh Government, asking them to stand with our farmers. So, I ask you, as Members of this Senedd, to sign the Welsh wool pledge circulating, and by doing this put on record your commitment to do everything possible to promote and indeed buy Welsh wool. Diolch yn fawr.