Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Today, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we all fell silent as they did on the first Armistice Day. In remembering the sacrifice of those lost, we also remember the suffering of those who survived.

My grandfather fought in the battle of the Somme in the first world war in 1916 and, incredibly, he survived, or I wouldn’t be here of course. But he survived suffering until his untimely death when I was a very young boy. And, of course, members and veterans of our armed forces have seen terrible sights and it’s very difficult to cope with that, and they need ongoing support. There are all sorts of organisations providing that support because people can be scarred for life.

In remembering my own grandfather, we need to look to peace. We welcome the establishment of Academi Heddwch Cymru, which is the subject of our amendment, and I seek your support in a cross-party spirit, and I welcome Mark Isherwood’s support.

Armistice Day today is very different. We are separated, the small group of those who still survive reducing every time, and we are remembering them in the midst of a pandemic. Our debt is huge to the generation of my grandfather and more recent generations, their sacrifice poignant.

We lost the poet Hedd Wyn in 1917, with his words about war, as I have quoted many times before, in many remembrance services:

The harps to which we sang are hung / On willow boughs, and their refrain / Drowned by the anguish of the young / Whose blood is mingled with the rain.

Therefore, to conclude, through our tears, Deputy Llywydd, and as joint signatories to the motion, naturally we support the motion before the Senedd today and thank everyone who was involved with bringing it forward and tabling it. Technically, in order to have a vote on our amendment, we will abstain on the initial motion, and I do thank Mark Isherwood for indicating that the Conservatives will support our amendment too. So, we will move to a vote on our amendment before enthusiastically supporting the motion as amended. Thank you.