Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you for the opportunity to table this motion today, and may I thank all the other Members who have supported it? The number of Members who have supported the motion is testament to the importance of the subject.

Cancer, of course, is something that is very close to us all—far too close, actually. My father is a cancer patient, and has been since late 2019. Back in the summer, my father had the good news that the cancer had disappeared, and that he was in remission. This was a cause for celebration, of course. Then, at the beginning of the autumn, when he went back for his tests, he found that the tumour had returned.

I can attest, therefore, to the fact that the diagnosis process, waiting for results, waiting for treatment, waiting for answers when something unexpected happens is very cruel, and I can't imagine the torment that my father and mother have had to endure through this without knowing whether this terrible thing is growing faster inside him, or if it's spreading.

However, I'm not alone in living these experiences. There are thousands of patients and families in Wales living these experiences every day and, of course, there are others in this Chamber who have also experienced it, I'm sure.

We all, of course, remember the late Steffan Lewis, who contributed so much in such a short time, and he was lost to cancer.

In tabling this motion today, I want to focus on the impact of COVID on cancer services, the workforce, waiting times and diagnosis.