Votes and Proceedings - Plenary

Meeting Venue:

Y Siambr - Y Senedd

Meeting date:
Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Meeting time: 13.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14804

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1 Questions to the First Minister

The item started at 13.30

Questions 1-4 and 6-9 were asked. Question 5 was withdrawn. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the First Minister after question 2.

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2 Business Statement and Announcement

The item started at 14.26

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3 Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Warm Homes

The item started at 14.56

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4 Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Income Maximisation and update on work to implement the Welsh Benefits Charter

The item started at 15.39

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5 The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Pilot Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2025

The item started at 16.24

Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

NDM8782 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Pilot Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2025 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 3 December 2024.

The result was as follows:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
38	0	14	52

The motion was agreed.

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Proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate the following items together but with separate votes

The proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate the following items together but with separate votes was agreed.

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6 The general principles of the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill

The item started at 16.42

NDM8780 Mark Drakeford (Cardiff West)

To propose that Senedd Cymru in accordance with Standing Order 26.11:

Agrees to the general principles of the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill.

The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill and Explanatory Memorandum were laid before the Senedd on 15th July 2024; the report of the Children, Young People and Education Committee on the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill was laid before the Senedd on 13th December 2024.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

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7 The financial resolution in respect of the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill

The item started at 16.42

NDM8781 Mark Drakeford (Cardiff West)

To propose that Senedd Cymru, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill, agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in Standing Order 26.69, arising in consequence of the Bill.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

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8 Voting Time

The item started at 17.43

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The meeting concluded at 17.44

The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 15 January 2025

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