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Agenda (121) |
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Personal Statement - Bethan Jenkins |
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1. Questions to the First Minister (45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call the Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the First Minister after Question 2.
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2. Questions to the Minister for Natural Resources and Food - moved from 20 March 2013 (45 mins)
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3. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Regeneration - moved from 20 March 2013 (45 mins)
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Motion to elect a Member to Business Committee |
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4. Business Statement and Announcement (15 mins) |
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5. Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (15 mins) NDM5191 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales; in accordance with Standing Order 27.5 Approves that the draft The Natural Resources Body for Wales
(Functions) Order 2013 is made in accordance with the draft laid in
the Table Office on 26 February 2013. |
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6. Debate: The Estyn Annual Report 2011-12 (60 mins) NDM5189 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Notes the annual report for 2011-12 of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales. A copy of the report was laid in Table Office on 12 March 2013 and is available at: The following amendments have been tabled: Amendment 1 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East) Add new point at end of motion: Notes in particular the conclusion of the Chief Inspector that 'attendance remains the weakest aspect of wellbeing for schools'. Amendment 2 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East) Add new point at end of motion: Notes the need, identified by the Chief Inspector, for more support for teachers in delivering improvements in standards. Amendment 3 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East) Add new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to intensify its focus on sharing best practice in education on breaking the cycle of poverty and disadvantage in schools. Amendment 4 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add new point at end of motion: Regrets the findings within the report that the proportion of schools inspected in 2011-12 that were judged excellent or good was lower than the previous year, with more secondary schools at the extremes of excellent or unsatisfactory performance. Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to review guidance issued to schools to ensure the Pupil Deprivation Grant is used to effectively target the high absenteeism rates of pupils on free school meals, to maximise the achievement levels of pupils from poorer backgrounds. Amendment 6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Estyn reports on how effectively the Pupil Deprivation Grant is being used by schools to narrow the attainment gap between pupils from disadvantaged and more affluent backgrounds. Amendment 7 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add new point at end of motion: Expresses concern that 54% of secondary schools and 48% of primary schools have been identified for follow up visits, which is an increase on last year. Amendment 8 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to establish national targets and benchmarks to monitor the progress being made to tackle the gap between deprivation and attainment. Amendment 9 - William Graham (South Wales East) Add as new point at end of motion: Regrets that 'more able and talented pupils achieve less well in Wales than in England', according to the report. Amendment 10 - William Graham (South Wales East) Add as new point at end of motion: Expresses deep concern that there is a need to achieve better literacy standards in over half of Wales' primary and secondary schools, according to the report. Amendment 11 - William Graham (South Wales East) Add as new point at end of motion: Regrets Estyn’s findings which suggest the existence of 'mediocre teaching performance'. Amendment 12 - William Graham (South Wales East) Add as new point at end of motion: Urges the Minister to explain what influence Welsh Government officials exerted on this report from an independent arm’s length body Amendment 13 - William Graham (South Wales East) Add as new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to undertake urgent action to address the failings in the Welsh educational system identified by Estyn. |
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7. Debate: The Patients' Voice - Strengthening the Role of Community Health Councils (60 mins) NDM5193 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan) To propose the National Assembly for Wales: Notes the proposals of the Welsh Government to transform, strengthen and empower Community Health Councils to undertake their role in the 21st Century NHS. Supporting Documents: The
following amendments have been tabled: Delete ‘to transform, strengthen and empower Community Health Councils’ and insert ‘for Community Health Councils to assist them’ Amendment 2 - William Graham (South Wales East) Add new point at end of motion: Believes that members of the Board of Community Health Councils are best placed to appoint their Chair, rather than Welsh Ministers. Amendment 3 - William Graham (South Wales East) Add new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to clarify guidance on the role of Community Health Councils in providing the ‘patients’ voice’ in the process of service reconfiguration. Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East) Add new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Community Health Councils are an independent voice for patients. Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add new point at end of motion: Believes that Community Health Councils must play a vital role in providing a strong voice for patients and the public and calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Community Health Councils have the funding and training needed to engage effectively in the future reorganisation of NHS Wales. Amendment 6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to adopt National Standards on Community Engagement, based on the Scottish model, to improve the role of Community Health Councils in ensuring that the views of the public are properly taken into account in the future decisions about our NHS. The Scottish Executive National Standards on Community Engagement can be accessed via the following link: http://www.scdc.org.uk/what/national-standards/ Add as new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to reverse its decision to establish Powys as a unified Community Health Council which would jeopardise the ability to engage effectively with patients and the public in Powys.
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8. Stage 1 Debate on the Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill - moved from 20 March 2013 (60 mins) NDM5192 Mick Antoniw (Pontypridd) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 26.11: Agrees to the general principles of the Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill. The Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill and Explanatory Memorandum were laid before the Assembly on 3 December 2012. The
report of the Health and Social Care Committee on the Recovery of
Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill was laid before
the Assembly on 7 March 2013. |
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9. Financial Resolution on the Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill - moved from 20 March 2013 (5 mins) NDM5190 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill, agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in Standing Order 26.69(ii), arising in consequence of the Bill. |
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Voting Time |
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The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13:30, Wednesday, 20 March 2013