Thank you, Presiding Officer. May I thank you for this recall today to allow Members the opportunity to question the First Minister on the restrictions that the Government has announced? Can I also put on record my thanks to the First Minister for facilitating a briefing this morning for the shadow health Minister and myself with Members of the technical advisory cell team who advise Welsh Government?

First Minister, will the measures that are announced today actually avert a national lockdown in the new year, or even a firebreak in the new year? I appreciate we have a fast-moving situation, but a lot of people feel we're on an unstoppable journey to further restrictions come the new year. So, have you got confidence that the restrictions you've announced today will avert that national lockdown/firebreak that potentially could hit us in the new year?

Secondly, the process in making these decisions, as you've outlined, has moved from a three-weekly cycle to a weekly cycle, and in the last week, we've had three separate announcements. But it cannot be right, First Minister, that journalists are tweeting on a Monday evening that they're in possession of an embargoed press release that will come out at midnight with significant announcements contained within that press release, when Members of the Senedd have not had any information at all from the Government. Can you give me an assurance that you will address the Welsh Parliament and its Members through updates on a regular basis, and would you make available to Members of the Senedd a briefing from the chief medical officer, which has happened at Westminster for all Members, so that Members can be in possession of the most up-to-date information possible?

Can you confirm that the scenarios that the Government look at when modelling are the best and worst case scenarios presented to you, so there's a range of options so that you can inform your decisions, rather than just one scenario? And also, when it comes to the money and the compensation that has been allocated—and I hear from your statement that there'll be more information tomorrow from the economy Minister—will that information be full and complete information, so that businesses know how to access the money that's available to compensate them for the restrictions, so that we will not see a repeat of the economic resilience fund, where within 24 hours, that money had run out and applications were suspended?

Is the driving force behind these restrictions the severity of the illness that will affect people, or is it the sickness rates that we are likely to see in key services and businesses? Because I do think it's important that we do understand how the evolving evidence is showing that omicron doesn't seem to have the impact that the delta virus has had in the second and third wave that we've seen of this terrible virus.

Could you also confirm today the impact on services such as train services, which we're seeing running only at 70 per cent of the timetable? In other parts of the United Kingdom, whilst they are being affected by absenteeism and sickness rates as we go into the busy Christmas period, the train operators are able to facilitate 90 per cent of the timetable. This is an important consideration for people making plans over the Christmas period to understand how this particular service is being impacted. So, if you could supply information in response to me, I'd be most grateful.

You touched in your statement about cutting isolation times, which obviously the UK Government has announced today, and I appreciate that the health Minister will make a further announcement on that. What sort of timeline are we looking at for that announcement? Because this will be a critical part in being able to bring people back to work, if, obviously, it is deemed appropriate and necessary here in Wales to adopt that guidance.

Also, the workplace fines, which you did address within your press conference, have caused some confusion, and it does seem under these regulations that you could be fined for going to work, but not fined for going to the pub. Is it necessary to have these regulations in place, which obviously create that dynamic within the workplace? Because whilst we want to keep the workplace as safe as possible, both for employee and for employer, there has to be a tolerance within the workplace to understand the different definitions of work across the whole of Wales. Could you outline where you'd expect those fines to be imposed? I note from your press conference you said not a single fine to date has been imposed, despite these regulations having been in place for some time.

When it comes to the vaccination centres, I'm getting reports from various areas—in the Cardiff and Vale area, anyway—that there's significant red tape stopping people coming forward to help out as vaccinators. I had the case of a nurse yesterday highlighting how she had to fill in six different forms to be considered to be a vaccinator when in fact she'd already done the vaccination programme in the first wave. Therefore, surely we should be encouraging those individuals to come forward and volunteer. Could you also highlight how you believe your Government is working with health boards to avoid the suspension of elective surgery, given, obviously, the impact that we're seeing of the COVID virus across Wales at the moment? In particular, some health boards have announced the cancellation of elective surgery for the foreseeable future. Are you envisaging other health boards following that lead from the north Wales health board?

My final point to you, First Minister, is that some countries are already identifying the need for a fourth booster dose because, obviously, of the length of time that the booster stays active and offers greatest protection. Is work being undertaken within the Welsh Government to activate such a programme as we move from winter into spring, for a fourth booster dose to be made available, especially to those individuals who were obviously in the first tranche of boosters back in September and October? Thank you, First Minister.