Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 14 December 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 Economy
(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 Health and Social Services
(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 Minister for Health and Social Services
Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): What steps is the Government taking to tackle the antibiotics shortage over the Christmas period?
To ask the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership
Joel James (South Wales Central): What action is the Welsh Government proposing to ensure more rigorous employment standards in Welsh fire and rescue services in light of the allegations against South Wales Fire and Rescue Service?
4 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
5 Statement by Peter Fox - Introduction of a Member Proposed Bill: Food (Wales) Bill
(60 mins)
Supporting Documents
Food (Wales) Bill (as introduced)
6 Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report - Gender based violence: The needs of migrant women
(60 mins)
NDM8166 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report on Gender based violence – The needs of migrant women, laid on 26 October 2022.
The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 7 December 2022.
7 Plaid Cymru Debate - Child poverty
(60 mins)
NDM8165 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Regrets that child poverty rates in Wales are the highest in the UK.
2. Recognises that the current cost of living crisis is exacerbating recent trends which have seen child poverty rates increase in Wales, despite the Welsh Government’s pledge to eradicate child poverty by 2020.
3. Notes that the Welsh Government does not currently possess a strategy on tackling child poverty, despite repeated calls from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and other child poverty action groups for specific and urgent focus and action in this area.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to develop a child poverty strategy, underpinned by statutory targets, as a matter of urgency.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the significant investment of the Welsh Government in tackling child poverty and that in line with its current Child Poverty Strategy, the Welsh Government will this month publish its update report and will be publishing a refreshed strategy in 2023.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:
Welcomes the action being taken by the UK Government to help alleviate cost-of-living pressures faced by households in Wales.
8 Voting Time
9 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM8148 Jack Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside)
Banking services in Cymraeg
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 10 January 2023