Llywydd, the Government will not oppose the Plaid Cymru amendments laid to the debate, but, because each of those three amendments contains a mixture of measures, some of which we positively support but others over which we have more hesitation, we will abstain on them this afternoon. On the main issue, however, we are plainly agreed. Adam Price, quoting the TAC report, demonstrated the entirely unequivocal advice that we have received. And the points that Plaid Cymru Members have made in the debate—learn from elsewhere, use the firebreak period purposefully, communicate as clearly as we can, protect our businesses, build a national effort—all of those things are common ground between us.

Llywydd, I thank my Labour colleagues not only for their support during this debate, but for their support during the difficult days and the challenging decisions that we have had to make in those days—Dawn Bowden talking about front-line staff and about community representation; Huw Irranca-Davies on building that national effort, of using our discretionary funds, as we have done throughout the coronavirus crisis, to help fill the gaps that there are in other provision for businesses, urging the UK Government to work with us, not to be always trying to undermine what we are doing here in Wales. Steve Rotheram, the mayor of Liverpool, pleaded with the Chancellor last week to provide more help to those people whose wages are going to be reduced as a result of measures right across the United Kingdom to deal with the virus, but it fell on deaf ears. And I agreed so much with what Alun Davies said about the physical and mental health impact of a further period of restrictions. It's why we've gone for the shortest possible period that we could of an additional firebreak period.

I wanted to thank Jenny Rathbone for her recognition of the rapid advances that have been made in testing for our student population and for the measures being taken by Welsh higher education institutions to provide an education for those young people, to protect their well-being and their mental health and to regard them, as we do here in Wales, as full members of our community, with the same rights but the same responsibilities as well as every one of us to act in recognition of the seriousness of the position that we face. 

Rhianon Passmore referred to the way in which people in Wales are being asked to make another sacrifice, to manage on incomes that will be reduced, to think of the businesses that will struggle through this period and, of course, all of that was in the minds of the Cabinet as we wrestled with these matters. 

Llywydd, let me close by just saying this: of course we are all tired and fatigued of coronavirus. We all wish we could return our lives to where they were before this pandemic began. But Helen Mary Jones put it right when she said that, while none of this is easy, none of us can step away from the challenge that it poses to us. Rhianon Passmore said:

'Doing nothing is not an option.'

That is why we have made the decisions that we have made. That is why we look for the support of the Senedd in acting at this challenging time.

Coronavirus is circulating in every part of Wales. The speed at which it is circulating is getting greater every day. There are 800 people in hospital already suffering from it. The seriousness of the position cannot and should not be denied. A short but deep firebreak period will help us to turn back the tide. It will not eliminate coronavirus. It will not lead to a cure for it. But it will gain us the time we need to allow the health service to go on providing the services it does, not just in coronavirus, but in every other aspect that matters so much to people here in Wales. It will give us a path forward into the difficult days that still lie ahead in this autumn and in this winter, and it will draw on the reservoir of determination, solidarity and a willingness to act together that has been such a feature of the Welsh nation's response to this crisis. Let's see the same determination, let's see the same sense of solidarity amongst Members of the Senedd here this afternoon: support the Government's motion.