2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:47 pm on 23 March 2021.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 2:47, 23 March 2021

Yes, I'd like to provide that reassurance, and the fact that we've been very clear in our commitment that we would want to legislate to place our approach to environmental principles and governance on a statutory footing here in Wales. But, as Huw Irranca-Davies says, when the First Minister reflected on the legislative programme, he said that the pressures that we faced in terms of the end of transition from European Union, and also, of course, the impact of COVID-19, have had a significant impact on that programme of work and that difficult decisions had to be taken in terms of the legislative programme. It does mean that the legislation on environmental principles and governance couldn't be brought forward in this term, but, yes, the First Minister has reiterated his commitment to do so should we be in a position to do so in the next Senedd.