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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
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2. Business Statement and Announcement (30 mins) |
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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 |
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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. 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' 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 |
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13:30, Wednesday, 11 July 2012