I'm grateful to be able to participate in this debate, and I will address my remarks mainly to our amendment 9, as Rhun ap Iorwerth has said. We're grateful for the Government's acceptance of that amendment. These are, of course, incredibly difficult times. Restrictions are inevitable to protect public health. We may even need, as Lynne Neagle has just said, to restrict further over Christmas, perhaps to two households, with compassionate inclusions for those living alone. People's lives are of paramount importance.

But we do need to look ahead. The beginning of the vaccination programme, of course, gives us all reason to hope. We will, as a nation, as a community of communities, survive this terrible crisis, and we will do that best, we stand the best chance of building back not just better but really well, if we work together as much as we can. The Government is rightly focused at present on the immediate public health crisis and, in fairness, on trying to mitigate the inevitable serious impact on jobs and businesses. Our amendment calls on them to work more closely, particularly with those sectors hardest hit—hospitality, sports venues and cultural organisations—to develop more detailed road maps setting out the steps that will need to be taken to enable those sectors to open safely when the time is right. I must stress again, Llywydd, that I am not talking about now; I'm looking here at the medium term. The Government says they are in constant discussion with these sectors, but that is not what these businesses and organisations tell us. It may depend, of course, with whom in different sectors the Government is currently consulting. Naturally, it's not possible for the Government to speak to every individual business, music venue or sports club, but I would urge Welsh Government to take a fresh look to ensure that their consultations, looking ahead to the medium term, are as wide and as comprehensive as possible. As Adam Price and Rhun ap Iorwerth have said, we welcome this new plan, but, in terms of looking ahead to the medium term, further work is needed.

Our amendments suggest the Government facilitating direct engagement between sector representatives and the Government's scientific advisers. The scientific advisers, of course, are best placed to advise on the health risks. The sectors know their operations best, and are well used to working in complex regulatory environments around health and safety. Surely it makes sense to allow direct communication to improve the sector's understanding of the risks and the scientists' understanding of the practicalities. Given the Government's welcome acceptance of this amendment, I look forward, in the new year, to updates on direct discussions between scientific advisers under the sections I have mentioned.

Never, Llywydd, have we in Plaid Cymru so wanted the Welsh Government to succeed so that lives and livelihoods can be protected. We will continue to engage constructively—scrutinising, making constructive suggestions, supporting where we can, opposing where we must. This is, I believe, what the people of Wales expect of us. I commend both Plaid Cymru's amendments to this Senedd.