Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Meeting time: 13.30
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This meeting was held in a hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others joining by video-conference.
1 Questions to the First Minister
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the First Minister after Question 2.
2 Business Statement and Announcement
(30 mins)
View Business Statement and Announcement
3 Motion under Standing Order 16.5 to establish a Senedd Committee
(5 mins)
NDM8260 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. In accordance with Standing Order 16.5:
a) Establishes a Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee with the remit to:
i) Following the publication of the reports at each stage of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and in the context of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s terms of reference and timetable, propose to the Senedd by motion, any gaps identified in the preparedness and response of the Welsh Government and other Welsh public bodies during the Covid-19 pandemic that should be subject to further examination.
ii) Subject to Senedd approval, undertake a review into those areas identified for further examination.
iii) Publish reports and make recommendations accordingly.
b) Agrees that the Special Purpose Committee will not revisit the conclusions of completed Senedd Committee inquiries and should seek to avoid duplication.
c) Agrees that the Special Purpose Committee will not be prohibited from investigating matters previously examined by Senedd Committees where there is updated information and a clear benefit of further scrutiny.
2. Calls on the Business Committee to ensure that the Special Purpose Committee’s reports will be debated in Plenary no later than two months after their publication.
3. Calls on the Business Committee, in proposing the membership of the Special Purpose Committee, to propose no fewer than six members, including the Chair.
Co-submitters:
Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
4 Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Electoral Reform
(30 mins)
5 Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Reducing Workload
(30 mins)
6 Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National Care Service – Expert Group Report Implementation Plan (Stage 1) Publication - POSTPONED
7 The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration) (Wales) Order 2023
(10 mins)
NDM8263 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5:
1. Approves that the draft the Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration) (Wales) Order 2023 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 25 April 2023.
Supporting Documents
Explanatory
Memorandum
Report of
the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government’s Response
Proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate items 8 and 9 together but with separate votes (15 mins):
8 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023
NDM8262 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5:
1. Approves that the draft the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023 are made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 3 April 2023.
Supporting Documents
Explanatory
Memorandum
Report on
the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
9 The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023
NDM8261 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5:
1. Approves that the draft the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Amendment of Schedule 12 and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 are made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 25 April 2023.
Supporting Documents
Explanatory
Memorandum
Report on
the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Government’s Response
10 Voting Time
11 Debate: Stage 3 of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill
(180 mins)
The amendments will be disposed of in the order that the sections and schedules to which they relate were set out in the motion under Standing Order 26.36 agreed by the Senedd on 9 May 2023.
The Amendments have been grouped for the purposes of debate and the groupings will be debated as follows:
1. The Sustainable Land Management Objectives
48, 49, 50, 39
2. Equal Status of the Objectives
51
3. Definitions of agriculture and ancillary activities
2, 3, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
4. Provision of support for farmers
4, 52, 53, 54, 38, 55
5. Sustainable Land Management Reporting
40, 41
6. Multi-annual Support Plans
42
7. Intervention in Agricultural Markets – Input Costs
56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62
8. Agricultural Tenancies
63, 5A, 5, 64, 65, 37
9. Collection and Sharing of Data
47
10. Forestry
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
11. Wildlife – use of snares
44, 45, 46, 43
12. Regulation Making Powers (Sections 47 and 50)
35, 36
13. Long Title
1
Supporting Documents
Agriculture (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 2
Explanatory
Memorandum, as amended at Stage 2
Marshalled List of Amendments
Grouping of Amendments
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 17 May 2023