All-Wales standards give guidance to health service staff on how to ensure that patients' needs for support and communications are met, and that includes BSL. Every health board and every trust is expected to put arrangements in place to deliver the standards in order to ensure that all services are available and are accessible, including for those experiencing hearing loss.

If you remember in December of last year, when we marked International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Jane Hutt, the Minister for Social Justice, had made a statement in the Senedd, highlighting the way the COVID pandemic has had a very negative impact on disabled people. The lack of equality, which already existed, had contributed to that, and that lack of equality was intensified during the pandemic. The 'Locked Out' report focused on the clear unfairness faced by disabled people and highlighted the barriers for those experiencing hearing loss, and this has encouraged the Welsh Government to establish a disability rights task force.

To conclude, I think we can be agreed that a broad range of activities are in place in order to tackle the hidden issues impacting those experiencing hearing loss. However, there is more to come, and I will continue to welcome innovative solutions to support these citizens in Wales. Thank you.