Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via zoom
Meeting date: 16 March 2021
Meeting time: 08.30
For further information contact:
Graeme Francis - Committee Clerk
Kayleigh Imperato – Deputy Clerk
0300 200 6373
Petitions@senedd.wales
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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health. This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv
1 Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
(Pages 1 - 69)
2 New petitions with a response from the Government
2.1 P-05-1104 Make any measures being brought in for Covid be subject to a vote in the Welsh Parliament
(Pages 70 - 73)
2.2 P-05-1106 Introduce Personal Health Budgets and Personalised Care in Wales
(Pages 74 - 87)
2.3 P-05-1107 Allow outside live singers / entertainment to start again
(Pages 88 - 89)
2.4 P-05-1110 Reinstate free swimming for pensioners
(Pages 90 - 92)
2.5 P-05-1120 The Welsh Government should immediately stop all lockdowns
(Pages 93 - 95)
2.6 P-05-1122 Allow new adoptive parents to form a support bubble in alert level 4
(Pages 96 - 100)
2.7 P-05-1126 Allow organised outdoor sport for under 18s to put Wales in line with England’s tier 4
(Pages 101 - 103)
2.8 P-05-1149 Resume team sports for children in line with England on March 29th 2021
(Pages 104 - 108)
2.9 P-05-1133 Adapt the teacher training syllabus to include Transformational Coaching and Emotional Intelligence
(Pages 109 - 116)
2.10P-05-1134 Cap all Welsh county council tax at 3%. A referendum of the public must take place to exceed 3%
(Pages 117 - 121)
2.11P-05-1138 COVID-19 Weekly testing for staff caring for people with complex medical health needs
(Pages 122 - 125)
2.12P-05-1140 Revise the guidance for Free School Meals, removing the option for delivery of food parcels
(Pages 126 - 132)
2.13P-05-1142 Workout To Help Out Scheme
(Pages 133 - 135)
2.14P-05-1143 Fully re-open all schools immediately after February half-term
(Pages 136 - 139)
2.15P-05-1144 Re-open garden centres in Wales as soon as it is possible
(Pages 140 - 143)
2.16P-05-1145 Allow parents of young children to drive to use local parks and playgrounds during tier 4 lockdown
(Pages 144 - 146)
2.17P-05-1146 Provide a road map for how weddings can progress in Wales
(Pages 147 - 149)
2.18P-05-1147 Require all schools to provide daily live / recorded teaching to all pupils not returning to school
(Pages 150 - 154)
New petitions without a response from the Government
2.19P-05-1103 Stop applying the same Covid 19 restrictions across the whole of Wales
(Page 155)
2.20P-05-1141 Make the Senedd election fair - allow political leafleting during lockdown
(Pages 156 - 157)
2.21P-05-1148 Fully open schools for all ages in Wales as the next step from 15th March
(Pages 158 - 162)
2.22P-05-1150 Provide business rates holiday to holiday home sites in wales, the same as England
(Page 163)
2.23P-05-1151 Provide a date for the return of Organised Children's Activities for Babies & Toddlers
(Pages 164 - 169)
2.24P-05-1152 Close the schools! Keep our children safe. Due to the rise in covid. Save our future
(Page 170)
2.25P-05-1153 To open outside gyms and sport in Wales the same as England March 29th
(Pages 171 - 173)
2.26P-05-1154 Re-open the Welsh hospitality sector by 12 April 2021
(Pages 174 - 175)
2.27P-05-1155 Allow safe, socially-distanced watersports during coronavirus lockdowns
(Pages 176 - 181)
2.28P-05-1156 Match the funding for small businesses during lockdown with England - including the restart grant
(Pages 182 - 186)
3 Updates to previous petitions
Environment and Rural Affairs
The following three items are grouped together for consideration
3.1 P-05-856 Ban the sale of puppies by pet shops and all commercial 3rd party dealers in Wales
(Pages 187 - 188)
3.2 P-05-915 Call for better enforcement of puppy farms in Wales
(Page 189)
3.3 P-05-939 Immediate embargo on new dog breeding licences, licence renewals and planning applications until regulations are fit for purpose and enforceable
(Pages 190 - 193)
3.4 P-05-895 Rosa's Legacy: Introduce a scheme to help people access veterinary care for their companion animals
(Pages 194 - 196)
3.5 P-05-1003 Demand an EIA now on the dumping of radioactively contaminated mud in Welsh waters
(Pages 197 - 226)
3.6 P-05-1010 An independent inquiry into the 2020 flooding in Rhondda Cynon Taf so that lessons are learned
(Pages 227 - 234)
3.7 P-05-1079 Safeguard Kenfig Nature Reserve using compulsory purchase powers
(Pages 235 - 241)
3.8 P-05-1097 Ban game bird cages
(Pages 242 - 246)
Health and Social Services
3.9 P-05-960 Fund the funeral costs of all NHS staff who die from or with Covid-19
(Pages 247 - 251)
3.10P-05-964 Extend covid-19 financial support and paid leave to vulnerable and pregnant NHS wales bank workers
(Pages 252 - 254)
3.11P-05-1029 The Welsh Government should introduce mandatory testing of all passengers arriving at Cardiff Airport
(Pages 255 - 258)
3.12P-05-1116 Prioritise people with a learning disability to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Wales
(Page 259)
Culture, Sport and Tourism
3.13P-05-1013 Provide financial support for self-employed individuals within the Welsh live music industry
(Pages 260 - 263)
Education
The following two items are grouped together for consideration
3.14P-05-1080 Introduce anti-racist teaching materials to children in schools in Wales to reduce hate crimes
(Page 264)
3.15P-05-1000 Make it compulsory for Black and POC UK histories to be taught in the Welsh education curriculum
(Pages 265 - 269)
Housing and Local Government
3.16P-05-1083 Protect leaseholders in Wales from paying for cladding remedial works
(Pages 270 - 273)
Economy and Transport
3.17P-05-943 We call on the Welsh Government to take urgent action to secure improvements to the A487 between Gellilydan and Maentwrog
(Pages 274 - 275)
3.18P-05-1061 Give financial support to Pet Boarding businesses
(Pages 276 - 279)
4 Review of petitions under consideration
(Pages 280 - 300)
5 Papers to note
5.1 P-05-957 “Next Stop St Clears” - Support the bid for a railway station in St Clears
(Pages 301 - 302)
5.2 P-05-1017 Allow pupils to wear masks in all areas of the school premises
(Page 303)
5.3 P-05-825 Protect children's lungs from harmful pollution whilst at school
(Pages 304 - 306)
5.4 P-05-882 Transforming the response for older people experiencing domestic abuse – a call for action
(Pages 307 - 308)
5.5 P-05-1077 Stop the voting boundary change to Ystrad Mynach south
(Page 309)
5.6 P-05-812 We call for the Welsh Government to encourage trusts to implement the NICE guidelines for Borderline Personality Disorder or justify why they do not do so
(Pages 310 - 311)
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
7 Legacy Report
(Pages 312 - 325)