– in the Senedd at 4:00 pm on 2 March 2021.
Ann Jones
Labour
4:00,
2 March 2021
The next item on our agenda is the Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations, and I call on the Minister for the Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to move that motion. Lesley Griffiths.
Lesley Griffiths
Labour
4:00,
2 March 2021
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the motion. The regulations amend the Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020, which gave effect to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants and Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure matters including the application of rules regarding plant health.
The purpose of these regulations is to protect biosecurity and support trade by ensuring the continued functioning of plant health controls within Great Britain, and between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. It supplements the policy on unfettered market access for qualifying Northern Ireland goods, assists in clarifying how this access operates for qualifying plants and plant products, and allows enforcement action to be taken in Great Britain where appropriate. The UK Government are making amendments that are connected to these regulations and that include equivalent amendments to equivalent secondary legislation that applies to England in the Plant Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021.
Ann Jones
Labour
4:02,
2 March 2021
Thank you. I have no Members who wish to speak, and no Members have indicated an intervention. Therefore, the proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? I don't see an objection, and therefore, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36, the motion is agreed.
