Mr. Philip Nugent:

We have made significant progress since we last met. The circular economy Bill, which I mentioned then, is now at pre-legislative scrutiny stage before the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action. The second session of pre-legislative scrutiny is due to take place this evening. We are still working towards early enactment of the Bill to allow local authorities to get back to the use of CCTV, body cameras and other technologies that may come on stream to support them in their enforcement functions. We are still on track. We are conscious of the difficulties that has caused for local authorities and are committed to early resolution but we need that primary legislation first.