Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
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 Social Justice and Chief Whip
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2.
2 Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Counsel General after Question 2.
3 Questions to the Senedd Commission
(30 mins)
4 Topical Questions
(20 mins)
To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services
Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): Will the Minister provide an update on the safety of the health estate following the news that a major incident was declared at Withybush Hospital in August?
To ask the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East): Will the Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government’s 2023-24 budget, in light of continued commentary by Ministers via the media over the summer?
To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services
Russell George (Montgomeryshire): Will the Minister provide an update on today's Welsh Government announcement that all of Wales' seven health boards are in escalation status?
5 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
6 Debate on petition P-06-1337 - Sycharth, the home of Owain Glyndwr, should be bought to safeguard the site for future generations
(30 mins)
NDM8345 Jack Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the petition ‘P-06-1337 Sycharth, the home of Owain Glyndŵr, should be bought to safeguard the site for future generations’ which received 10,539 signatures.
7 Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report - Unsustainable: debt fuelled by the rising cost of living
(60 mins)
NDM8346 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report, “Unsustainable - debt fuelled by the rising cost of living”, laid on 23 May 2023.
Note: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 6 September 2023.
8 Welsh Conservatives Debate - The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
(60 mins)
NDM8347 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
Calls on the Welsh Government to repeal The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022, due to come into force on 17th September 2023.
Supporting document - The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)
Delete all and replace with:
1. Notes The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022.
2. Notes that lowering speed limits where people and vehicles interact the most can save lives.
3. Notes that exemptions are possible in locations deemed appropriate by local authorities.
4. Notes the importance of community support to any speed limit changes to ensure genuine concerns can be alleviated and further notes that more exemptions may be identified following the introduction of new limits.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to continuously review the impact of new limits, empower local authorities to make any further exemptions and provide local authorities with adequate funding to facilitate the introduction of new limits.
The Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order 2022
9 Voting Time
10 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM8340 Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)
Bringing the World to Wales - How do we unleash the potential of Wales as a major global tourist destination?
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 19 September 2023