Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:34 pm on 11 January 2022.
Thank you for the opportunity to outline Plaid Cymru's views on these regulations. I will take them in order, starting with the easiest, the No. 22 regulations. I don't see that there is much that is contentious here; they are minor changes, in reality, in terms of some definitions around the COVID pass and the use of face coverings, and we're happy to support them. The only thing that I would highlight at this point, as I and others have done many times before over almost two years now, is that these regulations are ones that have been laid for over a month. They came into force exactly a month ago. Yes, there have been reasons throughout this pandemic why action has been taken quickly, but it reflects poorly democratically on us as a Senedd that we haven't had an opportunity to vote on these for a month after they've come into force. Practically, it doesn't matter as much with these regulations as we support them, as I've said.