Diolch, Sioned Williams, and thank you very much for, again, expressing the importance of our welcome, that refugees are welcomed to Wales. As you say, it's a grim milestone that we’ve reached, but we will also be measured about that welcome and the strength and the depth of that welcome. We can see it’s so strong in terms of the way people across Wales, in all communities, have responded, and the way that local authorities have worked together with us in Welsh Government and with all the third sector, as I've responded to Mark Isherwood.

And also to say that this always, in terms of our responsibilities as a Welsh Government, has to go way beyond our powers—way beyond. I mean, immigration is a matter reserved by the UK Government, but we will use all our powers to support sanctuary seekers arriving in Wales, and we believe that the actions that we are taking and we've taken with our supersponsor scheme are essential in tackling inequalities faced by sanctuary seekers, supporting them as they settle in Wales, building cohesive communities. There’s been an outpouring of support that we've seen, including thousands of Welsh households hosting and supporting Ukrainians directly.

It is important that we look at issues in terms of—. That is where the Welsh Government stands, but I very much endorse the views of the 100 organisations who have condemned hostile words. This is no place for a hostile environment, and whenever we have the opportunity, we as Ministers are making it very clear where we stand and how we oppose the hostile environment and hostile words, which can have an impact on the sort of community cohesion in our nation of sanctuary that we endorse and espouse.

So, it is, I think, very important that we look at what lessons we've learned in terms of health and support, and in handling the perhaps greater needs of some who’ve come forward with huge issues in terms of mental health, the impact, the trauma of people, and mainly women, of course, coming from Ukraine. We've also made sure that we can therefore make sure that the health service is fully engaged. We've got a Cardiff and Vale inclusion service, for example, which is now looking at complex health assessment needs, but in terms of mental health as well. This is something where those fleeing the war need to get in touch with our contact centres and the welcome centres. They may have experienced extreme trauma. This is where Public Health Wales, New Pathways, were developing packages of support for staff, also to ensure they can give mental health support.

The impact of the cost of living has been profound on our Welsh communities and people, especially many who have protected characteristics who are already facing inequalities. It is wonderful that, actually, many of the communities experiencing the tougher socioeconomic impacts of the cost of living are still supporting the guests who are coming into their communities. I'm very concerned that the tariff for local authorities has been reduced for those who are going to arrive in 2023. For the last year, it was a £10,500 tariff. It’s being reduced by the UK Government to £5,900. Also, we believe, as I said in my statement, and I'll say it again: that £350 per month thank-you payment for hosts who accommodated, well, we think that everyone who has been a host and continues to be a host should be paid the £500, because this is about enabling them to continue to support in the cost-of-living crisis.