I want to make a declaration of interest as I am a trustee of Brynawel Rehab. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate, and I thank colleagues in Plaid Cymru for bringing this important subject for debate on the floor of the Senedd.

There are many aspects of this debate with which we all agree. Alcohol-related harm, dependency and, regrettably, death are major challenges here in Wales, as they are across the United Kingdom. We are not alone in our concerns for the increasing use of alcohol as a means of coping with the challenges of everyday life. It is important to remember that alcohol-related death, and the pain this causes is, indeed, preventable, and with the increase in dependency, the effects of the COVID lockdown and the concerns over the mental well-being of the population, it is clear that we have to act with greater urgency, over the course of this Senedd term, to start to halt and reverse the trend that we have witnessed.