When we were all starting out on this inquiry, we didn't know that this would be the most important issue for us all, and, to be honest, I'm a little saddened that there aren't more people here in the Chamber, because this is the most important issue that we're all facing and all the people that we represent are facing. I'd like to start by, first of all, thanking the individuals and organisations who participated in this inquiry, and the Minister too, and also our Chair and my fellow Members.

It is important that this report is set in its context, given what we are facing now, and, as I said, this is the single most important issue. In our hearts and in our heads we should all be thinking, 'We have to focus on this for the sake of the people that we all represent.'

Forty-five per cent of households in Wales are likely to be in fuel poverty this year. The Bank of England has predicted that inflation will hit around 13 per cent by the end of the year. Some 70 per cent of people living in fuel poverty don't receive any benefits and much of the support available isn't relevant to them, therefore. And prior to the pandemic and the current cost-of-living crisis, a third of children in Wales were facing poverty.

I want to focus on one of the elements that we looked at, and I know that this has already been referred to this afternoon, and that is the Government's Warm Homes programme, and Arbed and Nest.