Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Thank you, Minister, for your statement. Whilst we welcome this Friday as the International Day of Disabled People, it is important not just to celebrate the contribution of disabled people, but to ask the question: in the past 12 months, since we had the same discussion, what has changed for the better? Can the Minister tell the Senedd how the lives of disabled people have improved and what the next 12 months look like?

The legislative basis protecting the rights of disabled people is in the Equality Act 2010. The House of Lords established a specific Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability and published a report in March 2016 entitled, 'The Equality Act 2010: the impact on disabled people'. Despite significant political and Government support for the Act, the conclusion of the House of Lords committee was that the Act had several weaknesses that did not afford the protection to disabled people as to those with other protected characteristics.

'Our witnesses, who included wheelchair users, blind and deaf people, and some with learning difficulties, were almost unanimous in believing that it was a mistake to have attempted to deal with discrimination on grounds of disability, sex, race and other protected characteristics in a single Equality Act. Life, they told us, had been easier with a dedicated Disability Discrimination Act and with a single Disability Rights Commission, rather than a Commission covering all inequalities and human rights.'

What assessment has the Minister undertaken of the legislative protection offered to disabled people? And if she has not done so, will she commission such a review?

The United Nations has set out three events for this year, looking at shaping an inclusive future, reducing inequalities through technology and the leadership of new generations, giving a voice to those children with disabilities. My question to the Minister is: what specific programmes or themes is the Welsh Government taking forward to mirror those established by the United Nations? Thank you.