Diolch, Llywydd. I welcome the opportunity to respond to this debate and to give the Welsh Government's support to the motion. The climate emergency demands that we use all the tools at our disposal to accelerate progress to a net-zero energy system. We are committed to moving our energy system away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy as a critical path to achieving our statutory targets and our international obligations as a globally responsible nation.

I welcome that the motion provides the Senedd the opportunity to recognise the urgent need to replace fossil fuels in Wales. While there are many failings of the UK Government's energy security strategy, the commitment to new licensing of oil and gas extraction, together with the recent decision from UK Ministers to overturn a local decision to allow new gas exploration, is indefensible. No Government genuinely committed to net zero and committed to the needs of our future generations could continue to lock the UK into dependency on fossil fuels. Here in Wales, by contrast, we stand by our commitments against the extraction of fossil fuels, our commitment to transition away from their use in Wales, and our vision for Wales to scale up renewable generation to at least meet our own energy needs.