Diolch, Gweinidog. I'm glad that the Welsh Government is now, I hope, moving towards a more ambitious agenda when it comes to addressing the nature emergency. The debates on this area that we've had in the Chamber, I think, have shown that each and every one of us has acknowledged the vital importance of protecting and restoring biodiversity for Wales, but the wider world as well. And I'm really proud that Plaid Cymru led the way in calling on the Senedd to declare a nature emergency and for the Welsh Government to commit to legally binding nature recovery targets and to close that environmental governance gap. We were the first country to formally declare a nature emergency, which is a really exciting and important thing, though today we are still waiting for the policy aims surrounding that to come to fruition. The commitments in our co-operation agreement, of course, are certainly welcome steps towards a more nature-positive Wales. We look forward to continuing collaborative work on that.

Now, on the challenges in this area, being acknowledged—notwithstanding any of those—I do think we need to address the fact that progress has, sadly, been slow when it comes to protecting nature, because nature continues to decline and will still face multiple threats. Minister, you'll know that the UK Government has set out details of a new Bill that threatens to amend or scrap crucial environmental laws. Some of these laws that might be scrapped protect some of our most vulnerable wildlife and green places—they defend clean water, clean air, clean beaches and rivers. Any one of these actions taking place would be a disaster; taken together, in quick succession, would be nothing less than an attack on nature. Now, I really do acknowledge that the deep-dive shows the Welsh Government is taking welcome steps towards putting its aims for nature recovery into practice and strengthening the protected sites network in Wales. I note that the First Minister said in July that the Welsh Government is committed to upholding EU environmental standards. So, can I ask you, Minister, what assessment the Welsh Government has made of the potential impacts of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and growth plan for the environment in Wales, and what conversations you're having with the UK Government to ensure that its plans don't impact on Wales's ability to determine and achieve our own environmental ambitions please?

The deep-dive includes a recommendation to develop primary legislation—this has come up already—to set overarching nature recovery targets, and that that would be laid as early as possible in this Senedd term. That is obviously very welcome because those legally binding targets are needed urgently. I think, in Wales, we have this opportunity here to be better at setting, yes, ambitious goals and tracking progress towards those goals. We can't afford another decade of business-as-usual for nature. I think everyone—well, I hope that everyone—would agree on that point. So, can you confirm that this will include targets for species abundance and distribution, along with habitat extent and quality, as part of this suite of legally binding, long-term and interim nature recovery targets?

Finally, Minister, do you agree that, in light of the UK Government plans, it's more important than ever to secure this vital legislation for Wales that will close the current environmental governance gap? And could you confirm that work to develop the targets and governance arrangements—all those things that are just so vitally needed—is going to start as soon as possible in anticipation of this upcoming legislation please? Thank you.