Secondly, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022. In our transition plan, 'Together for a safer future', we introduced our intention, in a COVID-stable scenario, to abolish the legal restrictions on 28 March. Unfortunately, given the situation at present, we came to the conclusion at the time of the 21-day review on 24 March that it wouldn't be possible for us to move as swiftly as we had anticipated and had planned for. So, under the No. 7 regulations, the date on which the main regulations come to an end will be extended from 28 March to 18 April. 

Thirdly, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022. We cannot keep these emergency regulations in place forever; it's a fact that we will have to learn to live with coronavirus. Therefore, we have also decided, following the 21-day review undertaken recently, to continue with our cautious journey away from legal restrictions. The No. 8 regulations scrap, from 28 March onwards, the legal requirement to self-isolate, and the requirement to wear face coverings in shops and on public transport is also removed. These continue to be important safeguards that people can take in order to reduce virus transmission, but now is the right time, in our view, to allow people to make their own decisions. As we've seen throughout the pandemic, the people of Wales will do the right thing to keep us all safe.

We have retained the requirement to a wear face covering in health settings and social care settings. This will assist in safeguarding the most vulnerable in those places where the risk is greatest. We have also kept the requirement for businesses and organisations to hold specific risk assessments for coronavirus, and to take reasonable steps to manage transmission. This will enable us to update the risk assessments and to consider appropriate measures in light of the BA.2 sub-variant. The regulations will be reviewed once again by 14 April. As we have always done, we will continue to make decisions to safeguard the public's health in Wales on the basis of the scientific evidence available to us, and I encourage Members to support these proposals.