Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 28 September 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.
1 Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2.
2 Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 3.
Business Statement update
The Trefnydd will provide an update on the Business Statement
3 Topical Questions
(0 mins)
No Topical Questions were accepted
4 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
5 Motion to approve the Official Languages Scheme for the Sixth Senedd and note the annual report on the Official Languages Scheme for 2021-22
(60 mins)
NDM8078 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Approves the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme, in accordance with paragraph 8(11)(d) of Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, laid before the Senedd on 21 September 2022; and
2. Notes the Annual Report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for the period 2021-22, in accordance with paragraph 8(8) of Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, laid before the Senedd on 30 June 2022.
6 Debate on petition P-06-1276 - Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016
(30 mins)
NDM8077 Jack Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the petition, ‘P-06-1276 Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016’, which received 10,572 signatures.
7 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Gynaecological cancer
(60 mins)
NDM8082 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that September is gynaecological cancer awareness month.
2. Expresses its concern that the lowest single cancer pathway performance by tumour site is gynaecological, with less than a third of patients being seen within 62 days.
3. Regrets that one-year and five-year survival rates for cancer of the uterus have dropped significantly over the last decade.
4. Further notes research carried out by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust which highlights that 80 per cent of women who work full time cannot get a convenient cervical screening appointment.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) urgently conduct a review into gynaecological cancer waiting times;
b) ensure that workforce plans for cancer specialists have a focus on gynaecological health; and
c) immediately introduce its cancer action plan.
8 Voting Time
9 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM8076 Joel James (South Wales Central)
Water in Wales: challenges relating to water poverty and quality
10 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM8080 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Mapping Welsh seas: an investment in our green and blue future
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 4 October 2022