Diolch, Brif Weinidog. I welcome your answer. In 2012, following a campaign led by the former Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd, new laws came into force that, for the first time, recognised stalking as a specific crime. My Plaid Cymru colleague Delyth Jewell also played a pivotal role in this campaign. With this being National Stalking Awareness Month, I would like to urge the Welsh Government to do more to tackle this crime and support victims.

Nearly 1.5 million people in Wales and England are victims of stalking every year—a crime that has grown since the start of the pandemic—and with over 80 per cent of victims who call the national stalking helpline being female and the perpetrators generally being male, stalking is clearly a gendered crime. Between January 2020 and March 2021, worryingly, only two full stalking protection orders, or SPOs, were granted in Wales, despite 3,000 stalking offences being reported to the police. Has the First Minister approached Wales's police and crime commissioners to urge them to set up specialist support for victims of stalking and training for police officers? And will the Government also address the lack of SPOs and ensure that counselling for victims of stalking is also included in its violence against women and girls strategy? Diolch.