 Dwy cyfans, dweud. עirst item of business this afternoon is time for reflection and our time for reflection leader today is the Reverend Alasdor object in, who is the former minister of Trun Old Paris Church and Chaplin to the Queen and a convener of HM armed HM forces, the Chaplin stories. Thank you, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Soon I reach the age of 70. Once it has been your three score years and 10 allocation phrasies i'r cyfnodau i'r byw yw'r cyflwyffydd. It's not like that now, and if 60s is the new 40, then surely 70s is the new 50. That positive outlook doesn't prevent me being irritated by press stories describing an elderly man of 70. Going home to Trun, there's a road sign advising motorists that elderly people are likely to be crossing. Why does it show a stupid figure? Being stooped is because of a medical condition, not because of age. Try to tell my fellow golfers at Trun aged 60 to 80 that they are elderly and therefore must be stooped, and you'd get short shrift. The people of the Old Testament had an admirable custom. As you entered a left-a-city through the gates that, for north, south, east and west, passed the elders who sat there and offered their wisdom to the younger. It was a mature custom, and it was a blessing to the nation. I couldn't get away with advocating today that the elderly should sit at the cow gate, or Netherbourne Edinburgh, and those passing by should have to listen to them, but I'm bold enough to suggest that we are not ready for the scrap heap. Sometimes, in public discussion, we talk of the future of our country. It concerns us all whatever affiliation you have here or the public has in the community, but I'd like to hear a little bit less of how the future belongs chiefly to the young. For I, too, of a future, it concerns me and my age group. We have a voice. We have a valid voice. If we were to grasp the wisdom of Israel, the public perception might be to accept that there is a wisdom in the older members of society. No age group or gender or colour or creed can dominate another. We have a queen who has led us for 21 years since she turned 70. Freedom was gained under a Prime Minister who was over 70 when the last war ended. We even have Mick Jagger becoming a father again at the age of over 70. I don't want to emulate any of those in any respect, but I have a voice and I do have a future.