Can I thank Siân Gwenllian, Deputy Presiding Officer, again for her kind comments about Meilyr Rowlands? She highlighted one of his particular passions, which is a community-focused education, which has been a real driver behind Meilyr's work. When Meilyr talks about a community-focused school, he is not talking about a school that leases out its school hall; he is talking about a school that is deeply embedded, is deeply understanding of the community it serves and looks outward, beyond the circumference of its school playing fields or yard and actively engages all members of the community in the life of the school, and in doing so, greatly enriches the educational opportunities afforded to the children within the school. He has been always very keen to champion that aspect of Welsh education.

The Member talks about many of the issues that Suzy Davies also raised, so I won't repeat the answers to that. All I would say is that, when the Member talks about a post-COVID recovery plan, my goodness me, we're still very much in the middle of COVID, and a plan that would've been written just a couple of weeks ago would not have anticipated the wholescale closure that we're facing at the moment. What is really important is that that £29 million has been deployed. I know that regional consortia are now working with their schools to understand how the original plans for that money can be adapted to support the current situation that we find ourselves in, but I and the finance Minister, whom I see is listening intently to the statement this afternoon, are well aware of the challenges that are facing our education system. That's why we have identified funds within the education budget itself to continue to assist schools, and why the Government as a whole has prioritised local authority funding.