Plenary

 

Meeting date:
Wednesday, 26 September 2012

 

Meeting time:
13:30

 

 

 

 

Agenda

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1. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services (45 mins) 

 

View Questions

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2. Questions to the Counsel General (10 mins) 

 

View Questions

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3. Questions to the Assembly Commission (0 mins) 

 

No Questions tabled

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4. Welsh Conservatives Debate (60 mins) 

 

NDM5049 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

The National Assembly for Wales:

Regrets that the Welsh Government’s ‘Programme for Government’ is not delivering for the people of Wales.

 

The Programme for Government can be accessed through the following link:

http://wales.gov.uk/docs/strategies/110929fullen.pdf

The Programme for Government Annual Report – May 2012 can be accessed through the following link:

http://wales.gov.uk/docs/strategies/120528fullen.pdf

 

The following amendment has been tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Notes that an aim of the Programme for Government is ‘to reduce the impact of deprivation on educational achievement’ and believes this should be a priority over the next year.

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5. Plaid Cymru Debate (60 mins) 

 

NDM5050 Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

The National Assembly for Wales:

1. Welcomes the McClelland report ‘Maximising the Impact of Welsh Procurement Policy’;

2. Recognises the value of public procurement to the Welsh economy;

3. Notes that long-term youth unemployment has almost quadrupled over the last year; and

4. Calls on the Welsh Government, in order to boost the economy, to:

a) make procurement policy more accessible to Wales based companies; and

b) increase spending on infrastructure projects.

 

The McClelland report ‘Maximising the Impact of Welsh Procurement Policy’ can be accessed through the following link:

http://wales.gov.uk/docs/dpsp/publications/valuewales/120917mcclellandreviewfullfinal.pdf

 

The following amendments have been tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Delete sub-point 4b and replace with:

work closely with the UK Government to maximise benefits of infrastructure projects such as electrification of the railway network.

 

Amendment 2 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add new sub-point at end of point 4:

make procurement more accessible to SME’s in Wales by unbundling contracts for Government work.

 

Amendment 3 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to do more to promote best practice in procurement.

 

Amendment 4 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add new point at end of motion:

Notes the importance of the Welsh construction industry in providing apprenticeships to young people within Wales.

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6. Welsh Liberal Democrats Debate (60 mins) 

 

NDM5048 Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Calls on the Welsh Government to establish an independent qualifications and examination regulator for Wales.

 

The following amendment has been tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Notes the importance of political impartiality in the regulation of qualifications and examinations.

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Voting Time

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7. Short Debate (30 mins) 

 

NDM5051 Rebecca Evans (Mid and West Wales):

 

Animal welfare at the time of slaughter

 

Exploring opportunities to promote good practice and high standards of animal welfare at the time of slaughter.

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The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13:30, Tuesday, 2 October 2012

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