Why are Labour and Plaid so transfixed with wasting over £100 million on new politicians in this place, rather than addressing the real struggles that the many people of Wales are facing?

Things need to be different. Rather than more of the same tax and spend policies that we see from Labour, the Welsh Conservatives have a plan to focus on the people's immediate priorities. We have already outlined our plan to clear NHS backlogs with care hotels, clearing the bed blocking, opening up our hospitals and ending the disgrace of queues of ambulances outside Welsh A&E. We would establish surgical hubs across Wales to end Labour's embarrassing NHS waiting time record. Not only do the people of Wales want to see Labour's NHS crisis tackled but they want to see more help with the cost-of-living challenges. That's why we wanted to freeze council tax for people across Wales, but do it by unlocking some of the huge reserves that are held by some councils across Wales.

We also know that we need to see growth in our economy and support for businesses. We've listened to businesses. We've got a plan to allow microbusinesses to flourish, creating jobs for local people, restoring the aspiration to Wales; not only that, but we want to help futureproof these businesses, helping businesses to do their bit to support the environment, unleashing a green revolution in Wales. 

We want to address Labour's housing crisis in Wales by expanding the Help to Buy scheme, ensuring that it will encompass empty homes for renovation. This would restore another 20,000 homes into housing opportunities. Yes, I've noted the time, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I apologise. 

So, to conclude, Dirprwy Lywydd, I know that the Welsh Government, like all Governments, is facing substantial challenges in the immediate term, but that is no excuse for inaction. We don't want more of the same stale economic policies that we have come to expect from both Plaid and Labour, we need to be looking for dynamic and innovative ways to push Wales forward, ensuring that our families and business can deal with the rising costs—