Deputy Minister, I just want to say that I concur with all that you said. We very much welcome this plan today. May I first just take this opportunity, though, to thank the Deputy Minister, Jane Hutt, for all her hard work in this role? She was the perfect person to be in such a role, being such a caring and compassionate human herself. She's helped to bring this Senedd and our country great strides forward in talking about, debating and acting upon subjects that were often thought as taboo subjects. 

Black Lives Matter and the pandemic have highlighted systematic inequality, particularly within our BME communities. It has really brought to the forefront the very real issues that many in our society and our communities face on a daily basis in 2021. And I state the year, because it is quite bewildering that this severe inequality and racism still exists in our society in 2021. This plan is therefore welcome, timely and much needed. 

We very much welcome this cross-cutting and cross-department policy development approach, and the proactive rather than reactive approach that the Minister has outlined in her statement today about the plan—for example, as she has already outlined, incorporating black history to now be taught in the new curriculum. I hope that any successor Government and Ministers like Kirsty Williams would also adopt this approach going forward. If we as a nation are truly serious in combating racism in all its forms and guises, then this is the way we need to do it. 

Luckily, I believe that a lot of racism is generational and will die out naturally. It is always incredibly reassuring when you talk to our young people how important it is that we do tackle racism and inequality in our communities. In terms of Black Lives Matter, seeing the interaction with young people on Twitter, for example, with Manchester United Football Club—I say that because I'm a big fan myself—and how they're supporting the players when they've been abused, and things like that, is just wonderful to see and it's heartwarming. If that's a sign of things to come, I'm very happy to be a part of it, but we must remember that we are acting for those young people now, so action needs to be taken now.

We will need, obviously, very real innovative thinking and multiple partnership working to ensure that we get to the root of these systematic inequalities, and that we work in partnership with our local communities, our local authorities and community leaders to ensure that all backgrounds, all cultures, people of all languages within our communities engage with one another, and have opportunities to integrate naturally. I bring up sport again, as I do, but it's an example of a perfect enabler of bringing communities together in a natural way. It's important that we use that as one of the tools in doing so. 

It's fundamentally important and vital that we think about these things now, and our hopes, values and anti-racist stance, and that it's embedded in everything that we do—in our psyches when we're creating policy throughout the Senedd, and going forward into the sixth Senedd and beyond. I'm very pleased to say that the Welsh Conservatives are right behind you, Deputy Minister, on this plan and the approach, and we welcome this statement.