Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
Meeting time: 13.30
This meeting can be
viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12655
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This meeting was held in a hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others joining by video-conference
1 Questions to the First Minister
The item started at 13.30
The first 8 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the First Minister after question 2.
2 Business Statement and Announcement
The item started at 14.35
3 Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on Covid-19
The item started at 14.51.
4 Statement by the Minister for Economy: Stronger, Fairer, Greener Wales: A Plan for Employability and Skills
The item started at 15.21
5 Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Women’s Day
The item started at 16.05
6 The Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022
The item started at 16.56
NDM7938 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5:
1. Approves that the draft The Local Elections (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 08 February 2022.
Supporting
Documents
Explanatory
Memorandum
Report
of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution
Committee
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
7 LCM on the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill - WITHDRAWN
Motion to Suspend Standing Orders
NNDM7949 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Orders 33.6 and 33.8:
Suspends Standing Order 12.20(i) to allow NNDM7948 to be considered in Plenary on 8 March 2022.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
8 LCM on the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill
The item started at 17.00
Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7943 Vaughan Gething (Cardiff South and Penarth)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6, agrees that provisions in the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill in so far as they fall within the legislative competence of the Senedd, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
A Legislative Consent Memorandum was laid in Table Office on 3 December 2021 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2.
Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill
Supporting
Documents
Report
of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs
Committee
Report
of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution
Committee
The result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
41 |
0 |
13 |
54 |
The motion was agreed.
9 Debate: Welsh Rates of Income Tax
The item started at 17.12
NDM7941 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd in accordance with section 116D of the Government of Wales Act 2006, agrees the Welsh rate resolution for the 2022-23 Welsh rates of income tax as follows:
a) the Welsh rate for the purpose of calculating the basic rate of income tax is 10p in the pound;
b) the Welsh rate for the purpose of calculating the higher rate of income tax is 10p in the pound;
c) the Welsh rate for the purpose of calculating the additional rate of income tax is 10p in the pound.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
10 Debate: The Final Budget 2022-23
The item started at 17.23
Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7940 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 20.25, approves the Annual Budget for the financial year 2022-23 laid in the Table Office by the First Minister on 1 March 2022.
The result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
28 |
12 |
14 |
54 |
The motion was agreed.
11 Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2022-23
The item started at 18.14
Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7942 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Section 84H of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, approves the Local Government Finance Report (No. 1) 2022-23 (Final Settlement - Councils), which was laid in the Table Office on 1 March 2022.
The result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
28 |
25 |
1 |
54 |
The motion was agreed.
In accordance with Standing Order 12.18, at 18.51 proceedings were suspended to allow a technical break before Voting Time.
12 Voting Time
The item started at 18.57
The meeting concluded at 18.59
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 9 March 2022