Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 23 November 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 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 to the Deputy Minister 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 to the Minister after Question 2.
3 Topical Questions
(20 mins)
To ask the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Adam Price (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What assessment has the Counsel General made of how the Supreme Court's judgement on the Scottish Parliament's intention to hold a second independence referendum will affect Wales’s ability to decide its own constitutional future?
4 90 Second Statements
(0 mins)
5 Motion to approve the Senedd Commission Budget for 2023-24
(30 mins)
NDM8137 Ken Skates (Clwyd South)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 20.16:
Agrees the budget of the Senedd Commission for 2023-24, as specified in Table 1 of the Senedd Commission Budget 2023-24, laid before the Senedd on 9 November 2022 and that it be incorporated in the Annual Budget Motion under Standing Order 20.26(ii).
Supporting Documents
Report of the Finance Committee
Senedd Commission response to the Finance Committee report
Letter from Commissioner for Budget and Governance to the Finance Committee
6 Debate on the Standards of Conduct Committee report - Sixth Report to the Sixth Senedd under Standing Order 22.9
(15 mins)
NDM8136 John Griffiths (Newport East)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Considers the Report of the Standards of Conduct Committee - Sixth Report to the Sixth Senedd laid before the Senedd on 16 November 2022 in accordance with Standing Order 22.9.
2. Endorses the recommendation in the report.
7 Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Mental health and community resilience
(60 mins)
NDM8130 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes:
a) the publication of MIND Cymru’s Together Through Tough Times report;
b) that community resilience has a positive impact on good mental health.
2. Calls on Welsh Government to:
a) work with the voluntary and community sector to build resilient communities through:
(i) promoting social capital;
(ii) investing in community assets;
(iii) addressing barriers faced by certain groups;
b) include the role played by community assets and networks in any future mental health strategy.
Supporters
Sioned Williams (South Wales West)
8 Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee report - The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers
(60 mins)
NDM8139 John Griffiths (Newport East)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the report of the Local Government and Housing Committee, ‘Provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers’, which was laid in the Table Office on 11 August 2022.
Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 16 November 2022.
9 Plaid Cymru Debate - Nurses' pay
(60 mins)
NDM8140 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Believes that Welsh nurses deserve fair remuneration for their essential work in keeping our communities safe and healthy.
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to utilise every devolved lever at its disposal to make an improved pay offer for NHS nurses in Wales.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 2
Amendment 2 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add new point at end of motion
Calls on the Welsh Government to meet with the Royal College of Nursing Wales to discuss its campaign for fair pay and safe staffing to avoid strike action this winter.
10 Voting Time
11 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM8138 Cefin Campbell (Mid and West Wales)
Together stronger: social enterprise and community-owned businesses in Wales
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 29 November 2022