Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Meeting time: 13.30
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This meeting will be held by video-conference.
Having consulted with the Business Committee, the Llywydd has determined that, in accordance with Standing Order 34.14A-D, Members would be able to vote from any location by electronic means.
The Llywydd will also give notice, in accordance with Standing Order 34.15, that the public are excluded from attending this Plenary meeting, as is required to protect public health. The meeting will continue to be broadcast live and the record of proceedings would be published as usual.
1 Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
2 Questions to the Minister for Education
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
3 Questions to the Senedd Commission
(30 mins)
4 Topical Questions
(20 mins)
[To ask the First Minister]
Delyth Jewell (South Wales East): What assessment has the First Minister made of the impact that the UK Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will have on women's safety in Wales?
5 90 Second Statements
(0 mins)
6 Motion to appoint the Senedd Commissioner for Standards
(5 mins)
NDM7654 Jayne Bryant (Newport West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the report of the Standards of Conduct Committee: Appointment of Commissioner for Standards laid in the Table Office on 10 March 2021 (“the report”).
2. Acting under section 1(2) of the National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009, appoints Douglas Bain CBE TD as Senedd Commissioner for Standards under that Measure, for a term of six years starting on 1 April 2021.
3. Acting under paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009:
a) agrees the remuneration package of the Commissioner, in accordance with paragraph 1(b) of the Schedule to that Measure, as set out in Annex A of the report;
b) delegates, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Schedule to that Measure, the making of decisions in relation to the annual adjustment of the Commissioner’s remuneration package to the Clerk of the Senedd; and
c) delegates, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Schedule to that Measure, the settling all other terms on which such appointment is to have effect to the Clerk of the Senedd.
National Assembly for Wales Commissioner for Standards Measure 2009
Standards of Conduct Committee: Appointment of the Commissioner for Standards
7 Debate on the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee Report: Remote working: Implications for Wales
(30 mins)
NDM7653 Russell George (Montgomeryshire)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the report of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee on its inquiry, Remote Working: Implications for Wales, which was laid in the Table Office on 10 March 2021.
8 Debate on petition 'P-05-1056 Give Local Authorities powers to control the housing market in rural and tourist areas of Wales'
(30 mins)
NDM7652 Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the petition ‘P-05-1056 Give Local Authorities powers to control the housing market in rural and tourist areas of Wales’, which received 5,386 signatures.
9 Plaid Cymru Debate - NHS Pay Review
(30 mins)
NDM7655 Siân Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Condemns the UK Government’s recommendation to the NHS Pay Review Body for a wholly inadequate 1 per cent pay rise to nurses and other NHS staff which would amount to a real terms cut in their wages.
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to make further representations to the NHS Pay Review Body supporting the specific calls of the trade unions and other bodies representing health and social care staff in Wales for a fair and well deserved pay rise to reflect the sacrifices made during the pandemic.
3. Calls on the next Welsh Government to deliver a reformed pay and retention settlement for health and social care staff, including a guaranteed minimum of £10 an hour for care workers to end the current disparity between health and care.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 Mark Isherwood (North Wales)
Delete point 1 and replace with:
Recognises that NHS pay is devolved and welcomes the additional £2.1 billion increase in the Welsh Government budget for 2021-2022.
Amendment 2 Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Acknowledges that the Welsh Government has noted the different position from the NHS trade union on what they believe is a fair and affordable pay uplift and has made further representations to the NHS Pay Review Body to confirm that no arbitrary cap has been set.
Believes that the pay review bodies should report independently on a pay that is both fair and affordable.
Recognises that NHS Wales pays the Real Living Wage, that the Welsh Government supports the Real Living Wage as the minimum rate of pay for social care workers and has established the Social Care Fair Work Forum which is looking at how to improve terms and conditions in the sector.
Acknowledges that one of the key themes of “A Healthier Wales: Our Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care” focusses on fair rewards and recognition for staff.
A Healthier Wales: Our Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care
[If Amendment 2 is agreed, Amendment 3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 3 Mark Isherwood (North Wales)
In point 3, delete all after 'next Welsh Government' and insert:
'to:
a) implement the recommendations of the pay review body;
b) introduce a reformed pay and retention settlement for health and social care staff; and
c) create a substantial mental health support package for health and social care staff suffering from the impact of the pandemic.
10 Voting Time
11 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM7651 Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
Improving mental health, post pandemic.
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 23 March 2021