Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
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.
(45 mins)
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Questions
(45 mins)
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Question 2.
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Questions
(5 mins)
NNDM8871 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that Senedd Cymru, in accordance with Standing Orders 33.6 and 33.8:
Suspends Standing Order 12.20(i) and that part of Standing Order 11.16 that requires the weekly announcement under Standing Order 11.11 to constitute the timetable for business in Plenary for the following week, to allow NNDM8872 to be considered in Plenary on Wednesday 26 March.
(5 mins)
NNDM8872 Julie James (Swansea West)
To propose that Senedd Cymru, in accordance with Standing Order 26.72, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill, agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in Standing Order 26.69 arising in consequence of the Bill.
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No Topical Questions have been accepted
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(30 mins)
NDM8799 Mick Antoniw (Pontypridd)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes a proposal for a Bill on tackling littering and fly-tipping in Wales.
2. Notes that the purpose of the Bill would be to:
a) strengthen and reform the law on fly-tipping in Wales in respect of:
i) financial and non-financial penalties (such as driving licence or vehicle confiscation);
ii) the cap on fixed penalty notices;
iii) enforcement activity; and
iv) standardising local authority data capture and reporting methodologies.
b) strengthen and reform the law on littering in Wales in respect of:
i) identifying littering as anti-social behaviour;
ii) financial and non-financial penalties (such as the provision of 'litter awareness courses' for offenders); and
iii) the litter reduction responsibilities of retailers and other suppliers.
c) to introduce processes that make it easier for households to dispose of waste.
Co-Submitters
Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)
Supporters
Lee Waters (Llanelli)
Mike Hedges (Swansea East)
Rhianon Passmore (Islwyn)
(60 mins)
NDM8865 Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the report of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee: ‘A decade of cuts: Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport’ which was laid in the Table Office on 9 January 2025.
Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 19 March 2025.
(60 mins)
NDM8864 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Believes that the Senedd’s Standing Orders should provide the Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee with a discretionary power enabling it to require witnesses to take an oath or make an affirmation when giving evidence.
(30 mins)
NDM8855 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)
Thinking differently: the Women's Institute campaign to support autistic and ADHD women and girls
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 1 April 2025