Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to start by thanking everyone who has taken part in today's debate, and also to thank Jayne, really, our colleague, for the invaluable work that she does on the cross-party group for diabetes. We've heard today a great deal about some of the technical aspects of caring for those with diabetes, the secondary health complications that can be caused by diabetes, and we've heard about how, through much better support in terms of managing health and exercise, type 2 diabetes is both a preventable and curable disease. Thus, it is important that we recognise the necessity to reinforce the need for people to take responsibility for their health and lifestyle in order to play their part in reducing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

A major element of this is for individuals to be knowledgeable about what the risk factors are for diabetes, and most importantly, how to reduce them. The approach requires commitment from all partners, including local government, schools, industry, employers, the third sector, health boards, and most importantly the public. I would like to take this opportunity to urge the Government to place a requirement on public bodies and businesses to highlight the signs of diabetes and the preventable measures. This is already widely done for cancer and can be so easily achieved for diabetes.

Focusing on the preventability of type 2 diabetes, we have to be aware that there are many reasons people end up with a poor lifestyle, making bad food choices and not getting sufficient exercise. This comes from a variety of sources, with no one single identifiable cause. I would argue that the pathway to developing type 2 diabetes is likely to be very different across the spectrum of those who suffer it. For instance, for some, it might be mental health issues that have led to a sedentary lifestyle; for others, it could be a physical injury that has led to difficulty exercising. But, unfortunately, another prominent cause is poverty, and there is a prevalence of choosing highly calorific foods with low nutritional value because they are cheap.

I recognise there is unlikely to be a silver bullet that prevents type 2 diabetes, but I do believe that we need to take every opportunity to educate people regarding eating habits and allow them to develop greater knowledge and understanding of the nutritional aspects of the foods they eat. It is controversial that the hospitality industry should be made to provide nutritional information for every meal or snack that they provide—