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+.