Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 24 November 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.
1 Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
2 Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
3 Questions to the Senedd Commission
(10 mins)
4 Topical Questions
(0 mins)
No Topical Questions have been accepted.
5 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
6 Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal – A cladding safety Bill
(30 mins)
NDM7828
Rhys ab
Owen (South Wales Central)
Mike Hedges
(Swansea East)
Peter Fox
(Monmouth)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes a proposal for a Bill to ensure safety of cladding on buildings in Wales.
2. Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to ensure the safety of residents by making sure safe cladding is available on buildings.
Supporters:
Jane Dodds
(Mid and West Wales)
Mabon ap
Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
7 Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee and Equality and Social Justice Committee debate: Well-being of Future of Generations Act 2015: Scrutiny of implementation
(60 mins)
NDM7841
Mark
Isherwood (North Wales)
Jenny
Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes:
a) the Report of the Public Accounts Committee of the Fifth Senedd, Delivering for Future Generations: The story so far, laid in the Table Office 17 March 2021;
b) the Welsh Government response to the Committee’s Report, published on 5 October 2021;
c) the Auditor General for Wales’s response to the Committee’s Report, dated August 2021;
d) the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales’s response to the Committee’s Report dated 3 September 2021;
e) the Llywydd’s response to the Committee’s Report dated 22 September 2021;
f) the Welsh Government response to the Auditor General for Wales’s Report, So, what’s different? Findings from the Auditor General’s Sustainable Development Principle Examinations, dated 8 October 2021; and
g) the Welsh Government response to the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales’s Report, The Future Generations Report 2020, dated 8 October 2021.
8 Welsh Conservatives debate – Regulation of animal rescue and rehoming centres
(60 mins)
NDM7840 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Believes that a pet is for life, not just for Christmas or a special occasion.
2. Notes that there are an unknown number of animal rescue and rehoming centres in Wales.
3. Further notes the Welsh Government’s Animal Welfare Plan for Wales 2021-26.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to make amendments to the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021 to:
a) introduce regulations for rescue and rehoming centres and sanctuaries in Wales, including those operating online, by 2023;
b) require any individual rehoming more than three animals over a 12-month period to declare their activities and obtain a licence from their local authority;
c) ensure minimum training, staffing and environmental standards for all centres to meet to ensure the welfare of animals in their care.
Our Animal Welfare Plan for Wales 2021-26, Welsh Government
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021
The following amendment has been tabled:
Amendment 1. Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 4 and add new points:
Recognises the vital work of local authority animal welfare inspectors as fundamental in upholding high animal welfare standards.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) introduce regulation for animal welfare establishments in Wales, such as rescue and rehoming centres and sanctuaries, including those operating online;
b) develop arrangements to safeguard minimum training, staffing and environmental standards to ensure the welfare of animals in animal welfare establishments;
c) improve the qualifications for animal welfare inspectors to raise their professional status;
d) support local authorities to strengthen their resilience to help manage the uneven distribution of animal welfare establishments across Wales;
e) publically consult on how individuals rehoming animals should declare their activities under licence from their local authority.
9 Voting Time
10 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM7839 Jayne Bryant (Newport West)
Drug policy in Wales and the UK: starting a national conversation
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 30 November 2021