I formally move the motion in the name of Mark Isherwood that's on the order paper today. I'll deal with the amendments, if I may, to start. We clearly will not be accepting amendment 1, which, true to form with the good old Government intention, is a 'delete all and replace with self-congratulations of the Government and its time in office', which, frankly, if you look at the way things look at the moment in the economy, in the health service and other areas of the Government programme, which clearly hasn't delivered a clean air Act, an M4 relief road, delivered NVZs, which is just a cut-and-paste exercise over 40 years, after the Minister said on no fewer than 12 occasions that the Government would not introduce such devastating regulations for the rural economy, on the floor of the Senedd while the COVID crisis was still in full flow, but yet seems hell-bent on introducing them this April, no autism Bill, and, as we heard in the health questions this afternoon, no cancer plan or renewal of a cancer plan, how on earth this Government can give itself self-congratulations I genuinely do not know, and I think the people of Wales will have a view on that as we go into the election campaign, and, come 6 May, hopefully will cast their vote accordingly.

On amendments 2 and 3 from Siân Gwenllian, clearly we will not be accepting those amendments that merely seek to cause more constitutional chaos by placing an independence referendum at the heart of any nationalist government's programme for government over the next five years. Is that really what the country needs coming out of a COVID pandemic, when really what the country requires is economic stability, constitutional continuity and investment in our public services, so that we can get on top of all the waiting times that exist within the health service, where one in five people are on a waiting list here in Wales? That, clearly, will not be tackled by the constitutional chaos that Plaid are proposing via their amendments and, indeed, via their commitments in the first five years of their government plan, should they ever see the light of day.

We want to highlight to the people of Wales what the real opportunities are after 22 years of Labour failure here in Wales. If you take take-home pay, for example, in Wales it's £55 less than for a Scottish worker, when, in 1999, it started at exactly the same rate at the beginning of devolution, and today a Scottish worker takes home £55 a week more than a Welsh worker, and an English worker will be taking home £52 a week more. How can the Government give themselves any plaudit for economic success when you have such a gap between the pay levels that have opened up across the era of devolution?

And, as I've said, when it comes to health and the economy in particular, looking at the comments of the Deputy Minister for the economy saying that the Government have taken their eye off the ball and don't know what they're doing, that, clearly, is borne out by the stats that show what's going on here in the wider economy across Wales. And with the health service in a state that it needs a renewal plan and a road map out to make sure that we get those waiting times down—one in five people on a waiting list, no cancer delivery plan put in place, just a statement at the beginning of the week—the health Minister clearly has lost his grip and lost his direction when it comes to reinvigorating the health service and rewarding our dedicated health staff who've provided those bridges of compassion to people the length and breadth of Wales, and worked tirelessly to make sure that, when people need their help, it's there for them. We need a change come 6 May, and that change will be offered by the Welsh Conservatives.

And for the Government in their amendment to give themselves a pat on the back when they're talking about education and lifting standards on the PISA league tables, when it's their party that have driven those standards down over the first 22 years of Government here in Wales, and to actually say that you're making a success of education really does take the biscuit, to say the least, when we need more teachers in the classroom and we need investment in our education so that we can get the vocational and academic courses that power our economy into the twenty-first century. And with 65,000 new jobs promoted by the Conservatives, 15,000 of which will be green jobs, the investment in the health service for 1,200 doctors and 3,000 nurses, as well as 5,000 teachers, building infrastructure in all parts of Wales, and making sure, when we make a manifesto commitment to deliver the M4 relief road, invest in upgrades to the A40 and A55, the people of Wales will know that we'll deliver on that, as well as helping with support for the cost of living crisis that's going on at the moment by freezing council tax. It cannot be right—it cannot be right—that council tax has gone up 200 per cent and that, as we speak, on doormats the length and breadth of Wales, people are having rate increases of 4, 5, 6 per cent across Wales. That really isn't right when the consumer prices index is at 0.4 of 1 per cent—today announced—and that households are having to face that burden of extra budget pressures on hard-pressed funds. And that's why I'm so pleased to say that an incoming future Conservative Government would freeze council tax for the next two years, and make sure that we step up to the plate when it comes to the environmental credentials—that we're very proud to work with the UK Government to deliver net zero by 2050.

These are all important commitments that are important to the people of Wales, and, this being the last debate of this fifth Assembly term, I believe, as we go on the campaign trail and into that election campaign, people will see the inertia that has gripped the Welsh Parliament by having Labour in control for 22 years, propped up by their helpers Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems, and vote for change on 6 May. And I hope the Assembly will vote tonight for the motion that's before them and discount the amendments that have been placed in the Government's name and the nationalists' name. And that's why I move the motion in the name of Mark Isherwood standing on the Welsh Conservative order paper.