It's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon on what is such an important topic in the lives of many women in Wales. And while it may raise eyebrows that a bloke is talking about women's health, I believe it's important that we all work together to enhance the lives of women in Wales to tackle the barriers to cervical screening, and avoid unnecessary deaths due to gynaecological cancer.

I worked in the NHS for 11 years, if you didn't know already, and while I didn't work directly in the field of women's health, I did work in community mental health teams and would support women's mental health, which deteriorated as a result of their physical health. And the point I'd like to make is, sometimes, we focus on the core issue, which is quite right, but what we also have to consider and care for is the knock-on effects such illnesses have on women's self-esteem and mental health, of course.

Deputy Llywydd, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust has outlined the problems women already face towards cervical screening, including embarrassment, pain, fear, fear of results and inconvenience. These existing barriers, on top of COVID-19 creating restrictions in backlogs and in seeing GPs, has led to cervical screening coverage falling to 69.5 per cent in October last year, the lowest in over 13 years, and below the minimum service standard for coverage of 70 per cent—[Interruption.] Yes, sure.