Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 22 December 2021.
As far as parkruns are concerned, they can continue. There will be a limit of 50 people being able to take part directly in the run—that doesn't include people who are involved in stewarding or volunteering around it. And where it's junior parkruns for people under 18, there will be unlimited numbers available. I think I'm aware, already, of some parkruns that, because of the numbers, run a certain number at one point in the day and another set of people later. So, there will be a need for some flexibility, and I'm sure that we're talking to the sector. But under the rules that we've announced today, parkruns can continue. They have to continue within the rules, but the rules are not prohibitive.
I share the frustration of those people who have cancelled their Christmas leave, who are doing all of this in relation to vaccination on top of everything else we've asked of them for the last 21 months, when people don't turn up for their appointment and haven't had the simple courtesy to have let people know that that is going to be the case. Actually, I think there is lots of flexibility in the system and lots of settings have reserve lists that they call in or other ways of using vaccines that otherwise would got to waste. But the very best way of preventing vaccines from going to waste is for people to turn up to their appointments and then the problem would be diminished. I will make sure that we, once again, draw the attention of people to the flexibility that is already there for people to try to make up for the numbers if people aren't attending, when, in my view, they should be.