Thank you. A little over a year ago, my predecessor as Counsel General announced that the Government was beginning a groundbreaking process to create codes of Welsh law. This was the start of a long journey, and it is with great pleasure that I can now announce plans to embark upon an ambitious new leg to that journey.

Today, I am launching a public consultation on the draft Legislation (Wales) Bill. This Bill will impose obligations on the Welsh Ministers and the Counsel General to make Welsh laws more accessible, and it also makes bespoke provision about the interpretation of Welsh legislation.

One of our most fundamental roles as a Government is to protect the rule of law, and to do so, we must ensure that devolved law is accessible and understandable. We recognise that a clear, certain and accessible statute book is an economic asset. It gives those who wish to do business in Wales a more stable and settled legal framework. This, in turn, should help investment and growth. Public sector bodies and other organisations will more easily understand the legal context within which they operate, and policy makers within Government will have a clearer basis from which to develop new ideas. Legislators will find the scrutiny of laws easier, and it would make an enormous difference to those of us who may wish to use the law in Welsh.