The model of work we use now has barely changed since the days of the male breadwinner factory of the 1950s. It's a model that means that women are far more likely to give up work to take up caring responsibilities, and women currently do an average of 60 per cent more unpaid work than men. Is this really the way that we want to live? People face burnout, experience in-work stress and mental health issues, miss out on being with children and miss out on leisure and education opportunities. COVID has forced greater flexible working and that is something that we should be looking to lock in post COVID.

And Wales is well placed to lead the charge here. A third of all workers in Wales are employed in the public sector, giving us a perfect opportunity to trial a four-day working week. After COVID and more than a decade of austerity, public sector workers are overworked, overwhelmed and facing burnout. And it is important that this idea is stress tested. Arguably, it is an easy idea to implement in the public sector, in perhaps professional or managerial roles, but we do have to think, as has been said, about the effect on our manual workers, our farmers, those working in agriculture. So, I do welcome the inclusion in the motion of a call to pilot the four-day work week in different sectors. But I want to stress that a pilot should be to understand how and not if we introduce this life-changing transformation across Wales. There are obviously practical considerations to be made and to be thought about, but I am in no doubt that a four-day working week would benefit all workers in all sectors, and would benefit our economy as well.

There is also significant evidence that a four-day working week would support our efforts to protect our environment too. These are the sorts of ideas that we should debate, that we can't afford to write off. Our economy needs to work for people and planet, and to date it hasn't. A four-day working week is an exciting and innovative approach that could be life changing. So, let's look at how we can pilot this. Thank you. Diolch yn fawr iawn.