Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I have agreed to give Laura Jones, Samuel Kurtz and James Evans each a minute of my time.

'Emerging from Winter', a moving poem published this month by Taylor Edmonds and the people and children of the Conwy valley, serves as a powerful reminder of the suffering caused by extensive flooding. It reads:

'In our flood plain town / there are things we've had to accept: / we’ll be dragged from our beds / at 3AM to fill sandbags. We’ll build barricades, / a ring of wet faces under torch light. / Boys will stand guard on each estate, / texting updates as fields transform to open water, / gathering waves. We’ll become isolated; / our roads grow currents, dislodged train tracks, / hang from trees like rope bridges. / We’ll pull together, as we have before. / A valley of people constructing defences, / writing letters, checking on neighbours, / calling on leaders to act.'