In terms of a Welsh agriculture Bill, the delay in resolving Brexit means that we will now focus on the preparation of such a Bill in this Assembly term for introduction in the next. This will be an opportunity to be ambitious and wide-ranging, going further than simply confining legislation to farm support schemes to look at wider issues such as the rights of tenant farmers. My colleague, Lesley Griffiths, launched 'Sustainable Farming and our Land' last week. It sets out ambitious proposals for the future, including paying farmers for the actions they can take to respond to the climate emergency, reducing emissions and capturing carbon. I look forward to the conversations that will take place throughout Wales in agricultural shows and in other locations over the coming summer. Using the results of this consultation, we will bring forward a White Paper before the end of this Assembly term to pave the way for legislation.

Llywydd, while we have been preparing for Brexit, we have continued to legislate for important domestic matters, securing the administrative framework for our childcare offer to provide much-needed support to working families, and establishing a minimum unit price for alcohol, to be introduced in the new year. We have introduced legislation to protect children by abolishing the defence of reasonable punishment—a Bill currently being scrutinised by committees here—and introduced a Bill to secure key reforms to the health and care system.

Later today, I hope this Assembly will pass the Legislation (Wales) Bill, the first Bill of its kind in Wales, which will support the interpretation of Welsh legislation and improve the accessibility of Welsh law.

Llywydd, the last 12 months have also been noteworthy for legislation promoted here other than by the Welsh Government. The Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 was the first committee Bill to gain Royal Assent since this Assembly gained full law-making powers. The Llywydd’s own Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill has reached its amending stages. It will have far-reaching implications for this institution and for young people throughout Wales, as it extends the franchise in Assembly elections to 16 and 17-year-olds.

Turning, Llywydd, now to the coming year, the Government will also bring forward legislation to give the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds in local government elections as part of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill that we plan to introduce. That Bill will also strengthen local authority democracy, accountability and performance, and it will establish a consistent mechanism for collaboration and joint working, including arrangements for transport. This will empower local authorities to deliver modern, accessible, high-quality public services for and with the local communities they serve.

Llywydd, we will also bring forward in this next year a GP indemnity Bill to complement the current scheme, which was introduced in April. The Bill will ensure all clinical negligence claims, whenever they were reported or incurred, are covered by our liability scheme.

Llywydd, this National Assembly has taken many important steps to improve the private rented sector and make it a positive choice for tenants. Unfair fees charged by letting agents will be banned from September as a result of a law passed here. And I'm pleased to report this afternoon, Llywydd, that we can now press ahead with the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, which will ensure tenants have access to a wide range of benefits, including protection from retaliatory evictions.

But there is more that we can and will do, including responding to the widespread concerns about no-fault evictions. Last week, we launched a consultation setting out a series of proposals to extend the notice period landlords would have to give before they can take back possession of a property. Based on the outcome of that consultation, we intend to bring forward legislation in this Assembly term to address the no-fault evictions issue.

Llywydd, we will introduce a public transport Bill in this Assembly term, building on the proposals in the 'Improving public transport' White Paper. This Bill will be a key part of wider reforms to bus services here in Wales and it will help us to achieve our ambition of creating a truly integrated public transport network, planned and provided in the public interest, and which meets the needs of the travelling public. The White Paper also sought people’s views about a series of proposals to modernise the licensing system for taxis and private hire vehicles to respond to this rapidly changing market. Aspects of those proposals received clear support, but they also produced ideas, from the industry, from trade unions, from local authorities, to go further in addressing the challenges faced by the industry. These further ideas, coupled with developments at a UK level, have led us to conclude that more time should be taken to finalise our approach to taxis and private hire vehicles. Legislation on these aspects of the White Paper will now be brought forward the other side of the next Assembly elections.

Llywydd, this Government is committed to reforming and improving education in Wales. We have already made significant progress in relation to our ambitious reform agenda. We have changed the system for student support and introduced the most generous package of support in the United Kingdom for undergraduates, postgraduates and part-time students. We have changed the law to introduce a new education and support system for children and young people with additional learning needs up to the age of 25. We have reformed teacher training, and we have delivered the most ambitious programme of investment in our schools and colleges for more than 50 years. As part of this reform agenda, we have also made significant progress in developing our groundbreaking new curriculum, which will be rolled out in schools in Wales from September 2022. In order to ensure that that happens, we will now bring forward a curriculum and assessment Bill to set out in statute the principles, freedoms and structures for that new, ambitious curriculum.

And, in a separate Bill, Llywydd, we will also legislate to set up the tertiary education and research commission, to replace the higher education funding council here in Wales. The commission will strengthen national and regional planning, it will reinforce the link between research and education, and it will deliver a post-compulsory education and training system that is better placed to bring the sector together to provide genuine lifelong learning and skills for Welsh people.

Llywydd, as I announced last week, we will place social partnership on a statutory footing by bringing forward a Bill before the end of this Assembly term to enshrine the current non-statutory social partnership model in law and to ensure that agreements reached in social partnership are clearly enforceable.

These are the confirmed legislative ambitions of this Government for the remainder of this Assembly term.