Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Members of the Senedd will wish to be aware that the UK Government published their Assimilated Law Parliamentary Report: December 2024 to June 2025 (‘the UK Government Report’) and made a Written statement on 17 July 2025. The UK Government Report was laid before the UK Parliament pursuant to section 17 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“the REUL Act”).
To complement this report, the Welsh Government has published its Fourth Bi-Annual Welsh Government REUL Act Update (June 2024 to December 2024), which reports on Welsh Ministers’ interaction with the REUL Act during the same reporting period.
During the reporting period, Welsh Ministers have not made any regulations under the powers conferred on them by the REUL Act.
The UK Government Report states that that between December 2024 and June 2025 the UK Government laid twelve SIs using powers under the REUL Act.
Welsh Ministers consented to the use of concurrent powers in the REUL Act for three Statutory Instruments: The Public Procurement (Revocation) Regulations 2025; The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025; and The Food and Feed (Regulated Products) (Amendment, Revocation, Consequential and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025.
The other nine statutory instruments were in wholly reserved areas and the UK Government did not seek consent from Welsh Ministers.