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.