3. Statement by the First Minister: The Legislative Programme

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:29 pm on 16 July 2019.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 4:29, 16 July 2019

Llywydd, can I thank the Member for his questions? I'll take them in reverse order, if I can. I think he has described the Welsh Government's approach completely accurately in relation to EU legislation. There will be some times when, for sheer, pragmatic reasons, we will have to rely in a transitional way on powers that are created in UK legislation, but that is simply a path to legislation that will be brought forward on the floor of this Assembly, not only in agriculture, but in fisheries as well. In fisheries in particular it's important to wait until the UK legislation is put in place, because it will extend the powers of this Assembly very significantly in relation to fisheries, and we will want to bring forward a fisheries Bill that allows the Assembly to consider and legislate across the range of new powers that we will have. But that is absolutely our intention.