Agenda - Plenary

Meeting Venue:

Y Siambr - Y Senedd

Meeting date:
Wednesday, 2 April 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.

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1 Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

(45 mins)

The Presiding Officer will call Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.
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2 Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education

(45 mins)

The Presiding Officer will call Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.
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3 Topical Questions

(20 mins)

To ask the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery

Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales): What steps will the Welsh Government take to address the concerns raised by the farming sector following the statutory review of the Control of Agricultural Pollution Regulations?

To ask the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What pressure is the Welsh Government putting on the UK Government to speed up the delivery of compensation payments to people infected and affected by the contaminated blood scandal?

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4 90 Second Statements

(5 mins)

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5 Urgent debate - The impact of the Chancellor's recent welfare reforms

(60 mins)

Sioned Williams (South Wales West): The impact of the Chancellor’s recent welfare reforms

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6 Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee: Debate on the gaps identified in the preparedness and response of the Welsh Government and other Welsh public bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic that should be subject to further examination - POSTPONED

(0 mins)

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7 Debate on the Standards of Conduct Committee Report: Individual Member Accountability: Deliberate deception

(60 mins)

NDM8874 Hannah Blythyn (Delyn)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the report of the Standards of Conduct Committee, ‘Individual Member Accountability: Deliberate deception’, which was laid in the Table Office on 19 February 2025.

Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 26 March 2025.

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8 Plaid Cymru Debate - Child payments

(60 mins)

NDM8875 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central) 

To propose that the Senedd: 

Calls on the Welsh Government to implement a child payment. 

The following amendment was tabled:

Amendment 1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

Delete all and replace with: 

To propose that the Senedd: 

1.    Supports the range of actions the Welsh Government is taking to address the purpose of a child payment such as the additional investments being made through the Welsh Government’s final budget for 2025-26, including an extra £30 million for childcare and additional £1.4 million for the work to ensure people in Wales are claiming every pound they are entitled to. 

2.    Notes the commitment as part of the Welsh Government’s final budget for 2024-25 to engage with the Scottish Government to better understand the Scottish Child Payment and how it operates. 

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9 Voting time

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Votes Summary

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10 Short debate

(30 mins)

NDM8876 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)

Gresford Colliery: the mining disaster that shaped a community.

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The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 29 April 2025

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