Meeting Venue:
Siambr Hywel - Tŷ Hywel
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Meeting time: 13.30
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This meeting will be held in a hybrid format, with some Members in Siambr Hywel, Tŷ Hywel and others joining by video-conference.
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.
(20 mins)
To ask the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central): What discussions has the Cabinet Secretary had with the UK Government regarding the circumstances that led to the reclassification of the Oxford to Cambridge East West Rail programme from an 'England only' project to an 'England and Wales' project?
(5 mins)
(5 mins)
Proposal under
Standing Order 12.24 to debate the following motions together but
with separate votes
NDM8922 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that the Reform Bill Committee was established on 12 July 2023 for the purpose of scrutinising the Bills relating to Senedd reform referred to it by the Business Committee.
2. Notes that the Business Committee does not intend to refer further matters to the Committee.
3. Agrees, in accordance with Standing Order 16.3, that the Reform Bill Committee should cease to exist.
NDM8924 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that the Future Senedd Committee was established on 16 October 2024 to consider and report by 9 May 2025 on: the organisation of business in the Seventh Senedd; barriers to representative participation; and thresholds set in Standing Orders.
2. Notes that the Committee’s reports were laid on 28 February 2025, and 9 May 2025.
3. Agrees, in accordance with Standing Order 16.3, that the Future Senedd Committee should cease to exist.
(60 mins)
NDM8918 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report: 'Anything’s achievable with the right support: Tackling the Disability Employment Gap' laid on 6 March 2025.
Note: The response of the Welsh Government was laid in the Table Office on 4 June 2025.
(60 mins)
NDM8919 Andrew R.T. Davies (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the report of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee on the Green Economy, laid on 14 March 2025.
Note: The response of the Welsh Government was laid in the Table Office on 4 June 2025
(60 mins)
NDM8917 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) announce a moratorium on all applications to place solar panels on agricultural land;
b) undertake a review of the potential of solar energy in Wales; and
c) develop a solar strategy for Wales.
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all and replace with:
To
propose that the Senedd:
1. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) continue to work with developers for solar
projects as required, to ensure they understand the robust planning
policies we have in place in Wales; and
b) continue to progress work on the renewable
energy sector deal, which will include solar technologies,
following on from the work of the Offshore Wind Task and Finish
Group.
(60 mins)
NDM8923 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that UK Government will announce the conclusions of its spending review on 11 June.
2. Regrets that decisions taken by the Labour UK Government over the last year have disproportionately affected Wales.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to press the UK Government to introduce an economic fairness bill which:
a) ensures fair funding for Wales;
b) devolves powers to create new income tax bands; and
c) increases draw-down limits and borrowing powers in line with inflation.
4. Calls on the UK Government to:
a) address the historic underinvestment in Welsh rail infrastructure, commit to the full £4 billion of HS2 consequential funding and devolve powers and funding over rail infrastructure to Wales;
b) reinstate the winter fuel allowance as a universal provision and scrap the two child benefit cap without delay;
c) reimburse the Welsh Government in full for the impact of employer national insurance increases; and
d) introduce a wealth tax, ensuring that the
burden falls on those individuals and corporations with the
broadest shoulders to bear a fairer share of overall tax
paid.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Notes the Welsh Government will respond to the UK Government’s Spending Review, setting out the implications for Wales, after it has analysed those implications, following announcements on 11 June.
If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected.
Amendment 2 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Delete all after point 2 and replace
with:
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) support the introduction of a Welsh Winter Fuel allowance;
b) spend the full Barnett uplift for health, on health;
c) press the UK Government to reverse the increase in
employers’ national insurance contributions;
d) further press the UK Government to abolish the family farm tax;
and
e) confirm that any consequentials resulting from HS2
spending will be spent on Wales-only projects.
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 17 June 2025