Environmental Protection

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:54 pm on 28 November 2017.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 1:54, 28 November 2017

(Translated)

As we exit the European Union, an increasing number of people are concerned that we should retain the environmental laws that protect what you’ve just described—mainly the way that we have improved the environment here in Wales and in the UK. Now, on Monday, before the external affairs committee, you said that you had prepared a continuity Bill in case negotiations with the Westminster Government don’t succeed in providing these protections that we’re seeking. Don’t you believe it would be appropriate for you to publish that continuity Bill in draft form now, as a public demonstration of your commitment to ensure that this legislation should remain as we exit the European Union?