Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:54 pm on 12 July 2022.
Thank you, Presiding Officer, and I formally move the amendment in the name of Darren Millar on the order paper this afternoon. And, before I start my contribution, I'd also like to put on record, over the last 12 months, my group's sincere thanks to all the NHS and public workers who have worked tirelessly in the COVID pandemic that we continue to face today. I know we'll disagree on policy time and time again, the First Minister and I will—that's a democracy—but I was always very grateful for the briefings that he afforded me, and I do believe that in that joint approach, with other parties in the Senedd, there was scope that we could work together on various aspects that people were genuinely concerned about, and I'd used the words 'frightened of', in the light of some of the deep, dark days that we've gone through during the last 12 months. So, I'd formally like to put on the record my sincere thanks to everyone who faced up to the COVID challenge and continues to face up to the COVID challenge.