It is right that we as a Senedd show the respect and the recognition of the sacrifice that our armed forces personnel, men and women, have made over many, many years, and we will stand together in the coming days and on Remembrance Sunday to remember the sacrifices that have been made; those who have returned, who have been injured, physically or mentally, from their role in protecting our islands, but also protecting others in far-flung places of the world.

And I just want to say one thing about those who often gave the sacrifice in places around the world that are now forgotten: one of the greatest honours that was ever given to me was to be given an honorary membership of the National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association in south Wales, a group that I've been close to for many, many, many years. That's one of the conflicts that is often overlooked, but, as we look back not simply to what was called the great war, or to the second world war and the sacrifices made there, we forget that, after those two conflicts, there was Palestine, there was Malaya, there was the attack on HMS Amethyst on the Yangtze river, there was Korea, there was Egypt, there was Kenya, there was Cyprus, there was Aden, the Arabian peninsula, Congo, Brunei, Borneo, there was Northern Ireland, with too many of us with recollections of that in recent history, Darfur, Rhodesia, the Falklands, the Gulf war, Iraq, Cambodia, the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and of course Libya as well.

Not all of these were conflict situations. Some of these were, as has been remarked in this debate already, peacekeeping operations, including operations for the UN, where our servicemen and servicewomen were deployed to protect others right across the world. That is why it is right that we come together and we do remember and we pause and we reflect on the sacrifice that has been made by those who return, but also by those who will never return, the over 7,000—well over 7,000 individuals since the second world war—who will never come back, in recent conflicts and in forgotten conflicts as well, in distant places around the world. And disproportionately many of those will have come from Wales, disproportionately many will have come from working-class communities, so I will be supporting not simply the main motion today, but also the amendment as well, because whilst we do remember and we recognise with respect the sacrifice that people have made from our own communities, and right across these island nations, we also recognise that we need to focus on peace. That is ultimately what the aim must be. Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd.