Thank you very much, Llywydd, and greetings from St David's on Saint David's Day. In terms of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) Regulations 2020, we must review the regulations every three weeks. The last three-weekly review was concluded on 10 February. With more and more people having been vaccinated, including being boosted, and thanks to the hard work of everyone across Wales, we are confident that coronavirus rates are declining. We can therefore look forward to better days ahead of us. In a phased way, we can start to remove some of the protections that are still in place at alert level 0. But we're not going to remove all restrictions at the same time. We must bear in mind that the pandemic is not yet over. In Wales, we will continue to make decisions on safeguarding public health based on scientific evidence available to us.

These regulations amend the main regulations and they came into force on 18 February 2022. These included scrapping the legal requirement to show a COVID pass in order to access open-air events and locations such as cinemas, theatres, nightclubs and concert halls. But, of course, events and settings can continue to use the pass if they choose to do so.

The regulations are also being amended to extend the exemptions for individuals who have been fully vaccinated who are reported as close contacts of someone who has tested positive for coronavirus. So, from now on, those who have received vaccines that have been approved abroad will no longer have to self-isolate if they're identified as a close contact.

The regulations also extend the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020 and the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Functions of Local Authorities etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2020 until 28 March 2022. Despite the amendments being made by these regulations, Wales continues to be at alert level 0 and it continues to be a requirement for Welsh Ministers to review the need for restrictions and the requirements of the main regulations and to consider how proportionate they are every 21 days. On Friday, when we will share the outcome of our next 21-day review of the regulations, we will also be announcing our plans for the longer term.

I encourage Members to support the motion. Thank you, Llywydd.