Yes, these are Wales-only figures, because I'm just going to mention now that, in Merthyr Tydfil, less than two thirds of women took their screening test, which I think is shocking but not surprising, to say the least, when many women have said that the main barrier was working their tests around employment and, as Russell George mentioned in opening the debate, it's women in a situation of having to take annual leave in order to make cervical screening appointments. Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust also noted that just one in four women were able to get a convenient cancer screening appointment in 2021, and one in five women reported that they had used annual leave more than once to attend cervical screening appointments. And a staggering 80 per cent of women who work full time cannot get a convenient cervical screening appointment, and 15 per cent have delayed screening because they felt unable to take time off work.

But it's not for me to tell the Chamber today how hard it is for women to get cancer screening appointments. I will, however, use the words of one of my constituents, who had difficulties in arranging their test. They said, 'In August, I received a letter from my GP about my three-year cervical cancer screening appointment. I know this is an important procedure and I was lucky that my GP surgery had an e-mail address, so I didn't have to feel uncomfortable about phoning in. But even though the surgery picked up on my e-mail that same day, I was unable to arrange a convenient appointment until October. My work means that I have to be in the office on certain days and at certain times, so while I was anxious about the appointment, I was unable to book it in for an earlier time. So, I'll be waiting two months from the date I received my letter to actually getting a test. While my boss has been understanding, I dread to think of women who are put in the position that they have to book annual leave for a medical appointment.'

Now, that's just one person, but her story is being repeated right across Wales. My constituent left her cervical screening to one side. The consequences could be disastrous by having possible cancerous cells diagnosed at a later stage, her survival rate would drop from 95 per cent for five or more years at stage 1 to just 15 per cent at stage 4. And we will have heard previously, even when gynaecological cancers have been diagnosed, just over a third will be treated within 62 days on the single cancer pathway, and I think that's an unacceptable position to put the women and girls of Wales in.

And, Deputy Llywydd, to close, it should be our duty to remove those barriers and to set an example to half of Wales's population. Employers and even ourselves as politicians must ensure that vital cancer tests are taken, so that women are diagnosed and are being treated earlier, and we can't delay this any further. So, it's time we focused our efforts on gynaecological cancers, alongside boosting our cancer workforce, and, above all, it's time to test, so support our motion this afternoon. Thank you.