I want to keep my comments relatively brief. I will refer briefly to agenda items 7, 8 and 9. First of all, item 7 is the regulations on the change of the date of introduction of restrictions in December. The second relates to the sale of alcohol after 10 p.m., and a change to regulations in terms of travel from South Africa is covered in item 9. I have no comments to make on those, if truth be told. They are sensible and we will be supporting them.

We will also be supporting the main regulations before us today under item 6, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020. These are the regulations, as the explanatory memorandum notes, that note the restrictions and what applies under the four tiers, namely the introduction of that new four-tier system, and the context we have is the current restrictions, which are level 4 restrictions, which we currently have in place for the whole of Wales.

I am entirely comfortable, given where we are today, that that is quite right and that we should all be living under the level 4 restrictions. We are all very vulnerable at the moment. That is most apparent in the east of Wales, in the south-east and the north-east, but every part of Wales is experiencing a level of cases where strict action is required. And I would make the point here again to the Minister that this isn't a north/south pattern that the pandemic has followed; it's an east/west pattern. Referring, time and time again, to 'north Wales' as if it were one homogenous region—that's not particularly useful. The challenges in the north-east and the north-west can be markedly different in terms of this pandemic, as is the case in the south-west and the south-east. But, as I say, the risks that we're currently facing are being experienced across Wales at the moment, despite ongoing differences in levels.

But I will urge the Government, once again, when it comes time, hopefully, to be able to start considering relaxing restrictions, to use the powers within these regulations, and, as the First Minister himself as said that he's willing to do, to operate by varying the support that needs to be provided to different areas. The regulations are quite right as they are. We will vote in favour of them. It's how they're implemented that's important here, and, as we look to the future, hopefully to better days in terms of case numbers, we need to ensure that we can introduce greater freedoms for people for their own physical and mental well-being, and for businesses as soon as possible. And perhaps we won't be able to do that for everyone at the moment; perhaps the east may be facing a more grave situation in a month or two—who knows?

May I also ask, given that the regulations relate to restrictions on all kinds of activities, about the outdoors and outdoor activities? There are substantial restrictions on people's ability to participate in outdoor activities, which are relatively safe. There are people contacting me saying, 'Well, why can't we play golf?', 'Why can't we go on a brief journey in order to undertake outdoor exercise for well-being?' And in other parts of the UK, people from different households can spend time exercising together in the open air, and it's important to make that point, and again that's very good in terms of individual well-being. So, even given these very challenging circumstances in terms of the number of cases that we currently have, to what extent is the Government still looking carefully at what else could be allowed in a way that is responsible and safe? I'm not asking for great relaxations here given our situation, but you should be looking constantly at whether there is more that could be done in order to provide people with greater opportunities to look after their own well-being and so on. Thank you very much.