Diolch, Llywydd. There's no doubt that life for workers and their families is getting more difficult. Inflation is at a 40-year high, energy prices are growing 23 times faster than wages, and Welsh weekly earnings remain the lowest of the UK nations. The importance of trade unions could not be clearer during this cost-of-living crisis. However, only one in six private sector workers in Wales are in unions. In fact, around half of workers in Wales are in workplaces that have no trade union presence whatsoever, and only 9 per cent of young people in Wales are in a union. Could the Minister please outline what exactly the Welsh Government is doing to encourage union membership and support workers' rights, and would they commit to doing more to ensure people are protected in their employment during this crisis?

I was wondering if he could also respond to comments by policy officers in the Trades Union Congress that said in an article in the Institute of Welsh Affairs that there had

'been a marked reluctance to give meaningful and committed public support to unions' from Welsh Government

'when doing so risked discomforting any employers in Wales'?