Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Meeting time: 13.30
This meeting can be
viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13406
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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 First Minister
The item started at 13.30
The first 8 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the First Minister after question 2.
2 Business Statement and Announcement
The item started at 14.37
3 Statement by the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd: Government response to the second phase of the Sustainable Farming co-design
The item started at 14.58
4 Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Progress on the Roll out of the new Curriculum
The item started at 15.36
5 Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Fair Trade Nation – 15-year anniversary
The item started at 16.06
6 The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023
The item started at 16.44
NDM8324 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2023 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 13 June 2023.
Supporting
Documents
Explanatory
Memorandum
Report
of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution
Committee
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
7 Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report – delivering the government’s priorities and legislative programme
The item started at 16.53
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM8325 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 11.21 (ii):
Notes:
a) the Welsh Government Annual Report 2022/23;
b) progress on the Legislative Programme.
Welsh Government Annual Report 2023
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)
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Welcomes the continued progress made as part of the Cooperation Agreement between Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government which has implemented a number of transformational policies as part of the Programme for Government.
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
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For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
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38 |
0 |
16 |
54 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment 2 - Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)
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Believes that the annual report and legislative programme demonstrate that the Welsh Government does not have all the levers necessary to ensure meaningful and sustainable improvements to the lives of the people of Wales, that we must continue to make the case for additional powers but that ultimately, independence is the most feasible means to achieve a greener, fairer, more prosperous Wales.
A vote was taken on amendment 2:
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For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
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12 |
0 |
42 |
54 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
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Believes that the annual report highlights the Welsh Government’s major failings in delivering for the people of Wales. Calls on the Welsh Government to address the pressures the health and education systems are under, which have both received real-term cuts in the Welsh Government’s 2023-24 budget.
Further calls on the Welsh Government to tackle the gap in take-home pay between Wales and the rest of the United Kingdom, along with Wales having the UK’s lowest employment rate.
Regrets that the legislative programme will not deliver the change Wales needs.
A vote was taken on amendment 3:
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For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
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15 |
0 |
39 |
54 |
Amendment 3 was not agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM8325 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 11.21 (ii):
Notes:
a) the Welsh Government Annual Report 2022/23;
b) progress on the Legislative Programme;
c) welcomes the continued progress made as part of the Cooperation Agreement between Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government which has implemented a number of transformational policies as part of the Programme for Government.
Welsh Government Annual Report 2023
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
39 |
0 |
15 |
54 |
The motion as amended was agreed.
8 Voting Time
The item started at 17.39
The meeting concluded at 17.42
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 12 July 2023