Thank you very much, Deputy Llywydd. I think the Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd should maybe have a lie down and check his blood pressure and spend a bit less time on Twitter. 

It's an absolute pleasure to take part in this important debate tonight, or this afternoon. So, we currently have a housing crisis in Wales, a crisis that was totally unavoidable—avoidable; I should say 'avoidable'—but because the Welsh Government have failed in their duty to provide a sufficient supply of affordable housing, some of my constituents are living in hotels and B&Bs in Rhyl, mainly the Westminster Hotel. My constituents who are lucky enough not to be in temporary accommodation are far too often forced to live in accommodation totally unsuitable for their needs.

One of my constituents, who I've been dealing with since the elections last May, with disabled children, has been waiting years for a suitable property, one that is adapted for the needs of her children. This is totally unacceptable, and the failure to address shortages in social housing since the advent of devolution has compounded the misery of so many families across my constituency and across Wales. 

The failure to build the 12,000 homes a year that Wales needed has consigned so many families to inferior housing, to expensive housing, or to no housing at all. Not only has the Welsh Government failed to build new homes, they have also failed to tackle the scourge of empty homes, which the Member for Aberconwy highlighted in opening the debate. How disheartening it must be for people struggling to raise their families in cramped accommodation or from a hotel room to see scores of empty houses—houses that sit idle, year after year, falling into disrepair when they could provide shelter for a family, a place where children can play in a garden and bring life into empty streets.

But it's not just the lack of investment in new builds or returning empty properties into homes that's the issue—it's also the lack of futureproofing. Much of our housing stock is still reliant upon fossil fuel for heating and cooking. Not only is this an issue for meeting our net-zero obligations, but it also leaves tenants at the mercy of volatile fuel prices. Putin's putsch in Ukraine has taught us that it is misguided to rely upon fuel sources from geopolitically unstable regions. This year, it is war on our doorstep in Europe, but next year it could be the middle east threatening our fuel security. Fuel prices are expected to treble this year a result of Putin's attack on Ukraine.