Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Meeting time: 13.30
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This meeting will be held in a hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others joining by video-conference.
The Llywydd has determined that, in accordance with Standing Order 34.14A-D, Members will be able to vote from any location by electronic means.
The Llywydd also gives notice, in accordance with Standing Order 34.15, that the public have been 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 will be published as usual.
1 Questions to the Minister for Economy
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
2 Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
3 Topical Questions
(20 mins)
[To ask the Deputy Minister for Social Services]
Laura Anne Jones (South Wales East): Will the Minister make a statement on allegations by whistleblowers that children with autism have been subject to abuse at the Ty Coryton home in Cardiff?
4 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
5 Welsh Conservatives debate - Motion under Standing Order 17.2 to give instructions to a relevant committee in relation to the all-Wales NVZ
(60 mins)
NDM7703 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the adverse impact of the all-Wales nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) on Welsh agriculture.
2. In accordance with Standing Order 17.2, calls on the relevant Senedd committee to urgently review The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 and present its recommendations to the Senedd.
The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Co-submitters
The following amendment has been tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 1 and replace with:
Notes the critical importance of reducing agricultural emissions in order to:
a) strengthen the reputation of Welsh farming;
b) protect people and nature in Wales from air pollution;
c) safeguard Wales’ rivers and seas for future generations;
d) deliver Wales’ net zero ambition.
6 Plaid Cymru debate - The Senedd's powers
(60 mins)
NDM7701 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Agrees that this sixth Senedd has a mandate for the devolution of significant further powers from Westminster to Wales.
2. Believes that the Senedd must have the levers to improve the lives of our citizens and to rebuild as a greener, fairer and more prosperous Wales after the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. Recognises the threat posed to the Senedd’s powers by the UK Government’s attitude to devolution, especially since Brexit.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to initiate the process outlined in the Government of Wales Act 2006 to seek powers to the Senedd over matters currently reserved to Westminster, including policing and justice, rail, welfare, broadcasting, energy projects, the Crown Estate, the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the power for the Senedd to call a binding referendum on Wales’s constitutional future.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Believes that the outcome of the recent Senedd election demonstrates that there is no mandate for significant constitutional change or a further referendum on devolved powers.
2. Notes the cooperation between Her Majesty's Government and Welsh Government on common frameworks following the UK's departure from the European Union.
3. Welcomes the collaboration between Her Majesty's Government and the Welsh Government during the coronavirus pandemic including on:
a) the provision of funding to protect businesses, incomes, jobs, public services, the third sector, the arts and more;
b) deployment of the military;
c) vaccine procurement and delivery.
4. Believes that the future of Wales is best served as part of a strong United Kingdom.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Supports the Welsh Government in its continuing work to secure the devolution of policing and justice as recommended by the Commission on Justice in Wales.
2. Welcomes the Welsh Government commitment to establish a commission and a conversation with the people of Wales to consider our constitutional future.
3. Notes the Welsh Government’s plans to publish a refreshed version of ‘Reforming our Union’, which was first published in 2019.
Reforming our Union: Shared Governance in the UK
7 Voting Time
8 Short debate
(30 mins)
NDM7700 Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)
The impact of climate change on mental health.
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 15 June 2021