Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
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 Climate Change
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer has received notification, under Standing Order 12.58, that the Deputy Minister for Climate Change will answer questions on behalf of the Minister
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
2 Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
(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 Minister for Health and Social Services
Russell George (Montgomeryshire): Will the Minister make a statement on the Grange University Hospital’s declaration of a black alert last night?
To ask the Minister for Economy
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn): Will the Minister make a statement on the announcement that Orthios has been placed in administration and the impact of that on the 120 local jobs?
4 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
Motion to Elect Members to a Committee
NNDM7978 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 17.14, elects:
5 Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report: Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents
(60 mins)
NDM7970 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report ‘Minding the future: the childcare barrier facing working parents’, laid on 28 January 2022.
Note: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 23 March 2022.
6 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Supporting pharmacists
(60 mins)
NDM7971 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises the vital work pharmacists have undertaken throughout the pandemic, as well as their crucial role in supporting primary and secondary care.
2. Welcomes the new National Clinical Community Pharmacy Service coming into force on 1 April 2022.
3. Is concerned by results from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s 2021 Workforce Wellbeing Survey, which shows that nine out of 10 respondents were at high risk of burnout and one in three had considered leaving the profession altogether.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) urgently reduce bureaucracy by introducing e-prescriptions and providing access to medical records;
b) ensure dedicated protected learning time within working hours for wellbeing and study;
c) invest in the pharmacy workforce to train more pharmacy staff and upskill existing staff.
7 Plaid Cymru Debate - High-risk tips
(60 mins)
NDM7972 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that more than 300 tips are known to be classed as high risk, and the increased rainfall associated with climate change could further destabilise tips across the valleys.
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that high-risk tips are made safe by:
a) asking local authorities to release information about where high-risk tips are located;
b) insisting that the UK Government provides funding to repurpose, reclaim and remediate tips;
c) installing early-warning systems wherever possible;
d) reinstating the land reclamation grant to help deal with risks on tips.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to publish a national plan of action to help regenerate the areas surrounding the tips.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point after point 1 and renumber accordingly:
Recognises that coal-tip safety is a devolved competence.
Amendment 2 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete point 2 and replace with:
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) publish information on the exact locations of high-risk tips;
b) install early-warning systems for high-risk tips, where possible;
c) create a new coal tip supervisory authority to establish a new safety regime, conduct risk assessments and tip management plans;
d) formalise agreements between owners, land users and the coal tip supervisory authority to act in an emergency.
Amendment 3 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to engage local communities to inform the approach to future tip management and tip reclamation taking full advantage of opportunities for job creation, training and upskilling and securing wider benefits.
8 Voting Time
9 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM7969 Adam Price (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Motor neurone disease and access to treatment and facilities in Wales
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 26 April 2022