Thank you. It's not often I start with a splash. [Laughter.]

Thank you for your statement. As you said, events in Ukraine can have a direct impact on the number of Ukrainians who may arrive in Wales. You referred to the UK Government figures showing that more than 8,450 visas have now been granted to people from Ukraine who have sponsors in Wales, and that just over 6,100 Ukrainians sponsored by the Welsh Government and Welsh households had arrived in Wales by 15 November. What, therefore, is the current position regarding housing for these Ukrainian people seeking sanctuary in Wales in terms of welcome centres, hotels, private homes and emergency provision?

When I responded to your Ukraine statement four weeks ago, I referred again to discussions you had or were planning to have with the UK Government regarding a possible uplift to the monthly £350 payment to people housing Ukrainians in their own homes. In your statement today, you said that you urgently need confirmation of year 2 and 3 funding to support the delivery of public services, as well as continued and uplifted host 'thank you' payments, stating that the latter would ensure hosting arrangements could continue despite cost-of-living impacts. But you also added that you're pleased to have heard from the new lead UK Minister for Homes for Ukraine, Felicity Buchan, last week. Will you, therefore, keep us updated on progress regarding both this hopefully developing engagement with the UK Government and the meeting convened for Thursday with the Scottish Government Minister Neil Gray MSP regarding your financial position with this?

We support you in your continued focus on supporting people into longer term accommodation so that they can have more settled lives. However, how would you address the statement made by a local authority housing representative at this month’s meeting of the cross-party group for north Wales—and I quote—that 'there is incredible additional pressure because of homelessness and having also welcomed refugees from Ukraine, and if refugees from Ukraine are housed by housing associations, this can create a perception to others that certain groups are being housed ahead of them', highlighting the will of local authorities to help, but the concern about how some in the public may respond?

You rightly state that Putin's current atrocities in Ukraine are part of a long-term pattern of aggression against the people of Ukraine stretching back many decades. This November marks the start of the ninetieth anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine, the man-made Soviet famine which caused millions to die. Although we welcome your organisation of a Holodomor commemoration event in Cardiff next Saturday, we also recognise the need for similar commemorations elsewhere in Wales. What consideration will you therefore give to organising such events, either alone or with regional partners, in the future in north Wales and other Welsh regions?

Responding to your Ukraine statement last month, I again referred to the document I sent to you produced by the Polish Integration Support Centre, or PISC, in Wrexham, detailing their humanitarian efforts to help Ukrainian refugees and their proposal for consolidated and sustainable support for Ukrainian people, including the construction of temporary housing, and asked you what engagement have you or your officials therefore subsequently had with them regarding this. Yesterday, I again attended a meeting with PISC, local government and business representatives, other agencies and volunteers, to discuss continuation of the humanitarian corridor organised by PISC to get vital supplies to specific charities supporting people in Ukraine, and in particular their Christmas Bridge project collecting shoebox donations for delivery to someone in need in Ukraine this Christmas, particularly 3,000 orphans living in basements due to air raids, but also older people, disabled people and soldiers in the trenches. They told me that they had not yet been contacted by you or your officials and asked me to ask you both whether you can use your position to help with their Christmas bridge project and whether you will meet them in the new year to discuss their continuing projects. I’d therefore be grateful in conclusion if you could also respond to these questions. Diolch.