Plenary

 

Meeting date:
Tuesday, 10 July 2012

 

Meeting time:
13:30

 

 

 

 

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1. Questions to the First Minister (60 mins) 

The Presiding Officer will call the Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the First Minister after Question 2. 

View Questions

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2. Business Statement and Announcement (30 mins) 

View Business Statement and Announcement

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3. Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: The evidence underpinning the case for reconfiguring the NHS in Wales (30 mins)

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4. Statement by the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House: Introduction of the Public Audit (Wales) Bill (60 mins)

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5. Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: The Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report 2011 (30 mins)

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6. Statement by the Minister for Local Government and Communities: Update on The Social Fund (30 mins)

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7. Designation of Features (Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2012 (15 mins) 

NDM5032 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan):

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 27.5:

Approves that the draft The Designation of Features (Appeals) (Wales) Regulations 2012 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 15 June 2012.

Supporting Document
The Designation of Features (Appeals)(Wales) Regulations 2012   

Explanatory Memorandum

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8. Debate on Numeracy (60 mins) 

NDM5031 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan):

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes:

a) that numeracy is a fundamental skill;

b) that there is an urgent need to raise standards of numeracy with a commitment from all sectors of education to delivering this objective;

c) the Welsh Government's intention to publish a National Numeracy Programme to significantly raise levels of attainment in numeracy in order to support the education sector and learners to raise numeracy standards.

The following amendments have been tabled:

Amendment 1 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as new sub-point b) and renumber accordingly:

that, under the 2009 PISA assessment, Wales ranks 40th out of 67 countries for mathematics.

Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

In sub-point b), after 'need to' insert 'respond to the long-standing issue of numeracy standards in Wales, which has not been tackled by previous education Ministers, in order to'

Amendment 3 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

In sub-point b), after 'commitment from' insert 'the Welsh government and'

Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

Add as new sub-point at end of motion:

the continuing correlation between deprivation and the levels of attainment in numeracy.

Amendment 5 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets that after twelve continuous years of Labour education Ministers in power, standards of numeracy have declined.

Amendment 6 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Acknowledges the crucial role which parents and guardians can play in working with the education sector to improve standards of numeracy amongst Wales’ children and young people.

Amendment 7 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets the failure of successive Welsh Governments to adequately raise numeracy standards in Wales.

Amendment 8 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Believes the Welsh Government’s position that it is unrealistic to expect significant improvements in Wales’ performance in the next PISA assessments suggests a lack of urgency in driving up numeracy standards in Wales.

Amendment 9 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Minister to set clear targets for improvement in mathematics in the 2012 PISA results.

Amendment 10 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Welcomes the investment provided by the pupil deprivation grant, which will help to improve numeracy in schools.

Amendment 11 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh government to extend the pupil deprivation grant in its following year to continue to help improve numeracy in school.

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Voting Time

 

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9. Short Debate postponed from 27 June 2012 (30 mins) 

NDM5024 Leanne Wood (South Wales Central): Putting the brakes on traffic to ensure the safety of our school children

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The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13:30, Wednesday, 11 July 2012

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