The next item is the 90-second statements, and the first statement is from Lynne Neagle.

Thank you, Llywydd. This week sees the celebration of Erasmus Days, designed to mark the life-changing opportunities the international scheme provides for vocational learners to gain work experience and training in European countries. As someone who was benefited from the Erasmus scheme, I'm pleased to report the Erasmus+ spirit is alive and well in Gwent. Over the past year, more than 200 learners from Coleg Gwent have taken part in ColegauCymru's 2020 project that has seen European work placements enjoyed by students in public services, sport, photography, animal management and travel and tourism. Coleg Gwent's health and social care department has been particularly active in Erasmus+, building strong relationships with organisations in Finland, Poland and Sweden. One Coleg Gwent childcare student has worked in a special school in Poland for two weeks and has benefited from seeing the difference and similarities compared to special schools in Wales and said the experience would improve their future practice.

I know from personal experience how life-changing an international learning experience, particularly for young people from our most deprived communities, can be. As a young person from a Valleys community who'd never even had a foreign holiday abroad, I was able, through the Erasmus+ scheme, to study at the University of Paris. It is vital our young people, particularly from low-income families, get such opportunities. I would like to thank Coleg Gwent and ColegauCymru for working hard to provide these transformational opportunities, and thank you, too, to Erasmus+.

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. 

I've got my Prince of Wales check wool suit on. [Laughter.]

Thank you very much, Janet Finch-Saunders. We will now suspend proceedings for a short break.

Plenary was suspended at 15:22.

The Senedd reconvened at 15:30, with David Melding in the Chair.

Order. Order. The Senedd is back in session.