Older people are a large and important part of my portfolio for Plaid Cymru. During the past week, I've had an opportunity to have a webinar with the older people's commissioner. It was an online session that launched the state of the nation report produced by the commissioner. One of the main points made during the webinar was the significant decline in the physical and mental health of older people because of the pandemic. The report also noted that older people have had difficulty in accessing services in the community, particularly health and care services, over the past 18 months. 

One statistic in the report stood out for me, namely that fewer than a quarter of older people found it easy to access online health services. Given that we are living in an increasingly digital age with many services that were once provided face-to-face going online, this means that older people are being deprived more and more and pushed to the periphery of society. We can't allow this to continue, and I'd like to hear how the Government intends to address this increasing problem.