And I hope that the Senedd will speak with one voice when it comes to amendment 1. And I think the best way to reflect on that, because I know the First Minister in his remarks around First Minister's questions was agitated, shall we say, that the leaders of the parties hadn't spoken about the vaccination roll-out—well, if he'd heard the statement earlier on in the afternoon, that thanks was wholesome and fulsome, certainly coming from the Conservative benches, around the efforts around vaccination. And I want to put on record as well that I think the vaccine roll-out has really shown, where Governments work best, they work together to achieve such a success in vaccine roll-out. It was right from an opposition point of view that we highlighted the shortcomings of the early part of the vaccine here in Wales, but ultimately momentum has gained in that particular programme and now we're moving on in greater numbers. No-one wants to see that programme fail, but the early actions of the UK Government, working with the devolved Governments to get into the market to purchase those vaccination doses, have meant that we are, at the moment, leading the world in making sure that our population is safe and secure, with a vaccination programme that is meeting targets unheard of in other parts of the world. 

Amendment 2 talks of the need to have a recovery plan, and a clear recovery plan, because we know the damage that the COVID crisis has hit us with in the economy, but, importantly, in the health sector. Reading the annual report, it is difficult to decipher, and seeing the First Minister and hearing the First Minister's responses in First Minister's questions today, it was trying, to say the least, to realise that there was so little available information about how those plans might look when we come out the other side of the COVID crisis, when we have waiting times with one in five people on a waiting list here in Wales—nearly 240,000 people waiting 36 weeks or more. And when you have people like the chief executive of Tenovus saying that they are receiving pushback from the Government when it comes to pushing for a cancer recovery plan, that really is concerning. And that is our job as an opposition—to highlight these concerns. And hopefully, when we go into the general election campaign here in Wales, we'll be able to debate and discuss the alternatives that we, certainly from the Welsh Conservatives, want to put before the people of Wales to see that radical transformation that we believe is in the grasp of the people of Wales when they fill out the ballot papers by having a change of Government after 6 May. So, I do urge the First Minister, in the time left for this Government, to actually work night and day to bring those preparations forward so that we can have confidence that there isn't a stagnation at the heart of Government when it comes to the recovery plans, and we can have confidence that we will be tackling these huge numbers in the health sector in particular. That's why amendment 2 has been tabled, and I would urge Assembly Members to support amendment 2, because I think it adds substance to the main motion.

Amendment 3 focuses on the legislative programme. And to me, what encapsulates failure in the legislative programme is the inability of the First Minister himself to deliver on a leadership manifesto commitment, which was the clean air Act. There was universal support around the Chamber for this to actually happen, and I hope in his summing up the First Minister will reflect on a missed opportunity here. We know for a fact that there have been at least 2,000 premature deaths a year because of the dirty air that is breathed in the communities of Wales. And, as I said, if it was a leadership commitment, it should have been delivered, because there was consensus on the floor in Plenary for this to happen. And, as we’re seeing today with the elections Bill, it is possible to deliver emergency legislation that can be effective and can make a difference, and I really regret that the First Minister wasn't able to fulfil his manifesto commitment in his leadership bid and deliver such a clean air Act to the floor of Plenary, which would have enjoyed universal support.

And I'll close on this about promises: it is vital that Government Ministers of any colour, whenever they stand in a Parliament, in a parliamentary debating chamber and they give a commitment, stick to that commitment. The recent rowback on that with nitrate vulnerable zones is a clear indication to the people of Wales when it comes to trust. We can argue about the merits of the proposals, and you and I have debated this, First Minister. It's not about the merits of the proposals, because I've said many a time that one pollution incident is one too many, but it's the seven commitments—at least seven commitments—verbally that the Minister gave that, during the pandemic, these regulations would not be brought forward because of the effect that they would have on the agricultural sector. And yet despite those seven commitments—promises, I would say—that were made on the floor in Plenary, the Government are hell-bent on driving this through. So, when the First Minister talks about promising to make commitments to the people of Wales, he might reflect on the broken promise that he made to the rural economy and the rural community around NVZs. And how on earth, if they throw away such promises so lightly, can people trust the Welsh Labour Government when they seek re-election on 6 May? I therefore urge this Assembly to support the three amendments that are tabled in the name of Mark Isherwood, because I think they substantially add to the debate and improve the motion.