Can I thank you, Jenny, for giving me an opportunity to say a few words? And can I also pay tribute to your work on a range of social justice issues since you were elected, and for your role as chair of our cross-party working group on free school meals, which I’m really pleased to be part of?

School meals are of course a daily part of the diets of many children, and so it’s important that they are healthy and nutritious, to help promote good health in those who receive them, as well as the associated educational benefits. There is then an opportunity to really think about how best we link up local producers to deliver high-quality food and procurement opportunities, opened up by the new schools meals policy, so that we can deliver not just benefits to students, but to local communities as well. For example, the upcoming Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill will enshrine the principle of socially responsible procurement into law. That procurement should be about more than simply who provides the cheapest product. So, I really hope that local authorities will get additional support and resources to strengthen their procurement capacity so that we can secure benefits for all, and I’d be interested to know what work is happening behind the scenes to review what foods schools currently access, and the potential for local producers to secure more access to schools through those suppliers, like Castell Howell and Harlech Foodservice. Thank you.