The next item is item 9, on the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2022. I call on the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language to move the motion—Jeremy Miles.

Motion NDM8035 Lesley Griffiths

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5:

1. Approves that the draft The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2022 are made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 26 May 2022.

Motion moved.

Thank you, Llywydd. I move the motion. The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021, passed by the Senedd in March of last year, provides for the establishment of a new legislative framework to support arrangements under the Curriculum for Wales. The regulations before you today seek to make minor technical amendments to a range of primary legislation, which are required as a result of the commencement of the 2021 Act. They are part of a broader package of subordinate legislation developed to give full impact to the Act and to provide clarity and consistency across primary legislation that the Act impacts.

Amendments include changes to the Education Act 1997 to ensure provision of careers education and information for all children of compulsory school age across schools and settings, including pupil referral units and further education institutions. Careers and work-related experience is a cross-cutting theme running through the Curriculum for Wales framework. These amendments secure this provision, ensuring consistency, as far as is possible, in the delivery of developmentally appropriate learning. The regulations replace terminology associated with the current national curriculum, with terminology aligned with the 2021 Act. The intention is to phase in the changes in line with the ongoing implementation of the 2021 Act across year groups. These regulations, although relatively minor in nature, are necessary to ensure a consistent approach to handling and terminology throughout primary legislation, and, as such, I commend them to Members.

I have no speakers to this motion, and I assume that the Minister doesn't wish to reply to himself. So, the proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? There are no objections, therefore the motion is agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Motion agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.