Thank you, Llywydd. I formally move the regulations before us today. I recommend that the Senedd supports the Smoke-Free Premises and Vehicles (Wales) Regulations 2020, and I formally ask Members to support the regulations before us today.

The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 places restrictions on smoking on school grounds, hospital grounds, in public playgrounds, and in open-air care settings for children. These regulations will reinforce those provisions as noted in Part 3 of that Act, and will also replace the Smoke-Free Premises etc. (Wales) Regulations 2007. So, taken together, the provisions of the 2017 Act and the 2020 regulations will introduce a new smoke-free regime in Wales with the aim of protecting public health from second-hand smoke, which hopefully will help to denormalise smoking yet further. As a Government, we are committed to taking steps against smoking and to make ongoing and positive changes with the aim of improving the health of the people of Wales. The 2017 regulations have shown the efficiency of smoke-free policies in denormalising smoking.

The aim of this legislation is to build upon our current tobacco control measures, by making more public places smoke free, and reducing the prominence of smoking in Wales further. The purpose of the requirements under these regulations for smoke-free hospital grounds is to promote behavioural change, and to help smokers using our hospital services to quit. Limiting smoking in these areas and reducing smoking are seen as setting a positive example, and it's crucial in terms of discouraging people from starting to smoke. So, these regulations do assist with our ambition to deliver a smoke-free Wales.

Since laying the regulations, we have been informed of two minor corrections that need to be made to the draft regulations. Whilst assuming that the regulations will be passed, these minor amendments will be made before the regulations are made. Thank you, Llywydd.