Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:57 pm on 20 October 2020.
Well, it's very easy indeed to justify it, Llywydd, because while the efforts that have been made by people in those local lockdown areas are succeeding, they cannot succeed far and fast enough to turn back the tide of coronavirus as it is currently accelerating across Wales. So, I very much want to thank those people in those areas for all the efforts they have already made, and the two-week firebreak period that we are introducing will build on the success that those measures have had. But the sober truth is, Llywydd, as the TAC report that we published yesterday says, that unless we take these actions, cases and hospital admissions will rise across Wales, that there is compelling evidence for further interventions and that unless we do so, 6,000 additional deaths will take place due to coronavirus over this winter. What more data does the Member need before he is prepared to do what his duty should tell him he should do and to support the actions being taken to save the NHS and to save lives in Wales?