Can I thank the Member for those comments and those questions? I think that there are several things to deal with there. I think that if we start with the COVID restrictions and the issue of COVID passes and the support that was given by the Welsh Government to the cultural sector, I think that we need to recognise that £93 million was made available to the cultural sector through the cultural recovery fund, and that helped countless numbers of organisations and individuals, including and up to freelancers—support that actually wasn't available in England. So, I think that we should acknowledge that as well.

Yes, COVID restrictions were different here in Wales, but that is the nature of devolution. We have rehearsed that many times in terms of the different approaches taken to COVID, and how we would protect our citizens against COVID in each of the four nations. So, I don't think that we need to spend too much further time debating that.

Where I would take issue with you is that we have not adequately supported the music industry. We would have always wanted to do more; of course, we would have always wanted to do more. But, the music industry was covered by COVID restrictions to a greater degree than some of the other industries because of the nature of playing musical instruments and singing and so on. So, again, that is a restriction within that industry that has been rehearsed time and time again. We have engaged very closely with the music industry throughout that process, working closely with the music industry and venues so that they understood the process.

But, I think that it is worth pointing out that there have been a number of initiatives for the music industry in terms of skills. We set up £60,000 of funding for the music project Beacons. We had the Honey Sessions, which were a series of industry support sessions for young creators working in the music of black origin genres across Wales. We had Crwth, a new music industry magazine designed by young music industry creators from across Wales. We had the noticeboard, which publicises opportunities across Wales for young music industry personnel. We have the Future Disrupter, which is a spotlight on emerging industry personnel in Wales. Beacons have also agreed new partnerships with Gower College, Coleg y Cymoedd and the University of South Wales, and have recruited two new Kickstart placements, who will join Beacons for six months to learn about the industry and help deliver additional resources. So, it's clear that we have done work in all of the sectors.

But, you also asked about the skills demand. Yes, the skills demand has been long known, but it has accelerated over the last 18 months or so. What we have seen is that we have a creative skills industry in Wales—a creative skills hub, a production hub—that is the third largest in the UK outside of Manchester and London. So, it's very self-evident to me that that, in itself, shows that the creative skills industry and the production industry, in particular, is very confident in Wales—the fact that it has made Wales, as I say, its third largest creative hub.

So, we have to develop our own skills, and that's what we intend to do with the creative skills board. We are working very closely with the creative industries to establish and identify the appropriate levels of skills that are needed to be able to support the productions that we bring to Wales. We will continue to do that.

In terms of strategies to engage schools, well, of course, I already outlined in my statement that we have introduced this into the national curriculum. We work very closely again with all of our schools and colleges to link in with creative organisations who do a lot of work in schools and spend a lot of time talking to pupils in schools, and one of the things we want to develop is talking to them about how they can look at creative skills as being a potential career choice for them. I already talked in my statement as well about the skills survey that we’re undertaking, both in the music industry and in the creative industries to identify those developing skills that we need as well.

So, I think, in terms of the economy, you’re quite right to point out that, in this term of government, the fact that arts, culture and sports sit within the economy department is a very welcome development. It shows very clearly where Welsh Government sees arts, sports and culture as part of the economy brief. We very much see it as an integral part of what we need to do to develop our economic recovery. And whatever the economy Minister mentioned yesterday, he made it very clear that skills and apprenticeships are integral to that, and the skills offer that I've talked about today, and how that links in with the apprenticeship offer, is very much part of that manifesto commitment. It was in the programme for government that the economy Minister referred to yesterday.