Llywydd, despite the good news today on infection rates, families have still lost loved ones to COVID in recent weeks, and people in every community across Wales have continued to make difficult sacrifices to help keep themselves and their loved ones safe. Their efforts have ensured that Wales is emerging from this omicron wave in a stronger position. And all the while, we watched the alternative approach, favoured by the Welsh Conservatives, play out in England.

It was characterised by the now-familiar confusion of a UK Government that is unable to act. The spectacle of press conferences cancelled after Cabinet meetings because of failure to decide eventually fell into a choice not to act. As the First Minister said, what we saw and continue to see is a UK Government paralysed by division in its ranks, leading England to be an outlier in the UK when it comes to protecting its citizens. Not for the first time, the internal politics of the Conservative Party were treated as a greater priority then the well-being of a nation. And isn't it remarkable that after the events of recent weeks, the Welsh Conservatives honestly believe that the Welsh Government ought to follow the leadership and the examples set by the Prime Minister? A Prime Minister who broke the rules, broke the law, lied to Parliament and the British people, a Prime Minister who partied while the country made sacrifices, while people couldn't see loved ones, and while people died.

The Welsh Conservatives could, of course, choose to propose an approach of their own, and they could do this without fear of upsetting their masters in London because, as we now know, their masters in London don't even know who they are, and which does of course beg the question: if your own leadership doesn't take you seriously, why should this Senedd, this Government, or the people of Wales take you seriously? Or they could follow the lead of Christian Wakeford MP, the MP for Bury South, who crossed the floor today to join a party that does take this issue seriously. Or they could join Tory MP David Davis and call on their Prime Minister, who has failed this country so miserably, to quit now or, to quote him more accurately,

'In the name of God, go.'

Any of these actions would be preferable than the toadying actions that we've seen from them up to now.

Llywydd, our approach has been consistently guided by the evidence, so I am sorry to disappoint Russell and James and Laura and everybody else who's spoken from the Tory side this afternoon that your views were not the views that we took into account when making our decision—it was the evidence that was presented to us. And where we believed that England had taken the wrong course, we did not shy away from acting decisively and differently to keep Wales safe. On test and trace and PPE, we've delivered better outcomes at lower costs. This approach allowed us to redirect hundreds of millions into business support via the economic resilience fund, which does not exist in England.