Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, today marks a year of the national lockdown, yet on 8 March 2020 Scott Howell, then 48, from Blackwood in Islwyn, became the first person from Gwent to go into intensive care due to complications caused by what turned out to be COVID-19. Scott Howell epitomises the communities of Islwyn and he thanks the Welsh national health service for saving his life. But it is very right that we also reflect and remember all of those who have very sadly succumbed to this cruel virus.

First Minister, on behalf of all the people of Islwyn, may I place on record, as their representative, my thanks again to all those women and men who serve in our Welsh NHS and social care, who have fought this fight alongside, often, our own loved ones? The people of Islwyn are made of strong stuff and we've endured this pandemic and only now can we all see light at the end of the tunnel. Llywydd, with every Islwyn resident to be offered the vaccine by 31 July, we know in Wales that the Welsh national health service remains true to Labour Nye Bevan's vision, and that of our Labour Government has ensured that Wales is one of the most successful nations in vaccinating its populace. First Minister, what has the pandemic taught us about the value of our living Labour vision of free healthcare for all, for Islwyn and for Wales, in the twenty-first century?