Firstly, I want to register my thanks to the Minister and also her team for all of their work at this very pressurised time. Thank you for your dedication to keeping us safe. I'm also grateful to you for your time in meeting with me. I just want to make a brief contribution to the discussion on amendment 23 to the COVID regulations.

I'm very much in line with contributions from Plaid Cymru here. As you know, I am concerned to see the Government continuing to pursue this amendment, which could see workers fined £60 for being in breach of this law. I would be happy to support the amendment with the fine on employees being removed whilst maintaining the penalties on the employers.

I have on the whole supported, and continue to support, the pragmatic approach this Government has taken, but I cannot support fining workers for a decision that is completely out of their control. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this, Minister, and wondered if you could clarify if amendment 23 relates only to those requirements on individual workers to work from home, and not provisions to fine employers who do not make provisions for individuals to safely work from home. If these regulations were not to be approved by the Senedd, would the provision to fine employers be removed from the regulations?

Finally, will you commit to bringing forward amended regulations at the earliest possible opportunity that remove the provision to fine workers? Thank you. Diolch yn fawr iawn.