Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 6 July 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 Social Justice
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister 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 to the Minister after Question 2.
3 Questions to the Senedd Commission
(10 mins)
4 Topical Questions
(20 mins)
To ask the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Jane Dodds (Mid and West Wales): Will the Minister make a statement on the number of looked after children and young people who are placed in unregulated and temporary accommodation?
To ask the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Samuel Kurtz (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): Will the Minister make a statement on the new sustainable farming scheme proposals?
5 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
6 Motion to annul The Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022
(30 mins)
NDM8031 Tom Giffard (South Wales West)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.2:
Agrees that The Non-Domestic Rating (Amendment of Definition of Domestic Property) (Wales) Order 2022, laid before the Senedd on 24 May 2022, be annulled.
7 Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal – A ban on ‘no pet’ clauses in rented accommodation
(30 mins)
NDM8038 Luke Fletcher (South Wales West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes a proposal for a Bill to ban ‘no pet’ clauses in rented accommodation.
2. Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to:
a) introduce a standard tenancy agreement similar to the UK Government’s model tenancy agreement announced in January 2021;
b) propose a series of measures which would ensure that responsible pet owners are not treated unfairly as a consequence of the type of accommodation they live in;
c) allow consent for pets as the legal default in social housing and the private rented sector, unless there is a justifiable reason not to do so;
d) extend the allowing of pets in homeless shelters and accommodation.
Supporters
Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East)
8 Statement by the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee - The procedure for dealing with complaints against Members of the Senedd
(30 mins)
9 Plaid Cymru Debate - Winter fuel support scheme
(30 mins)
NDM8047 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
Calls on the Welsh Government to revise the winter fuel support scheme to make it fit for purpose in tackling the cost-of-living crisis.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Welcomes the significant support packages introduced by the Welsh Government to help address the cost-of-living crisis, totalling £380m since November 2021, including additional funding for the fuel support scheme for the non-repayable £200 cash payment towards energy bills, and £177m for the cost-of-living support scheme.
2. Notes that the UK Government has entirely failed to properly address this crisis and failed to grasp the gravity of how it is affecting people across Wales.
3. Welcomes the Welsh Government’s commitment to continually review existing fuel support schemes and potential future interventions.
Amendment 2 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Further calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) guarantee any changes to the winter fuel support scheme are made ahead of autumn to ensure the payment reaches as many eligible households as possible;
b) widen the eligibility of the winter fuel payment to reach more low-income, vulnerable households in need, such as those eligible for pension credit;
c) launch a public awareness campaign on the winter fuel support scheme to improve awareness and boost uptake of the scheme.
10 Plaid Cymru Debate - Rejoining the single market
(30 mins)
NDM8048 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
Believes that the United Kingdom should rejoin the single market.
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
Believes that the UK’s ambition should be to have the closest possible, frictionless trade with the EU.
11 Voting Time
12 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM8046 John Griffiths (Newport East)
Knowledge is power: education as a route out of poverty
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 12 July 2022