I have to say to the First Minister: look, awful politics in Westminster is not an excuse for poor politics here in Wales. These disputes are not just about pay; they're about the survival of our essential public services. In healthcare, we have a workforce crisis, with more and more people leaving by the day. There are 3,000 nursing vacancies in Wales, a rise of more than 1,200 on last year. Ever-increasing sums are being spent on agency nurses that plug gaps in rotas.

The figures for social care are worse, with 5,500 vacancies. Last week, speaking about the struggle to recruit social care workers, Deputy Minister Julie Morgan said that social care couldn't compete with the hospitality sector. To defend the public services that you're responsible for, you have to do something about the crisis of low pay, of nurses—the hard-working nurses you referred to—having to use food banks, of care workers that would be better paid in supermarkets. You referred to the Labour Party motion that committed you to pay increases at least in line with inflation, but it said not just Westminster—. I quote: the motion urged

'Government at all levels to take seriously their responsibility to fund public services properly and deliver a fair wage to those who provide them'.

Why are you not prepared to do that here in Wales?