Agenda - Plenary


Meeting Venue:

Siambr Hywel - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date:
Wednesday, 16 July 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.

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1       Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

(45 mins)                                                                                                         

The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople 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 spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.

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3       Topical Questions

(20 mins)                                                                                                         

To ask the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central): Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement after Transport for Wales had to cancel trains on the Valleys core lines due to damage caused by hot weather over the weekend?

 

To ask the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn): What discussions has the Welsh Government held with St David’s Hospice about their decision to close their hospice in Holyhead? 

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4       90 Second Statements

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No 90 Second Statements were submitted.

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5       Finance Committee Debate: Welsh Government's spending priorities for the 2026-27 budget

(60 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM8961 Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the engagement work undertaken by the Finance Committee regarding the Welsh Government's spending priorities for the 2026-27 budget, and further notes the representations made by participants at the following events:

a) a stakeholder event at the Management Centre, Bangor University;

b) citizen engagement focus groups; and

c) engagement events with young people, including a workshop with Members from the Welsh Youth Parliament.

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Finance Committee Summary Engagement Report

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6       Statement by Mark Isherwood MS: Introduction of a Member Proposed Bill – The British Sign Language (Wales) Bill

(60 mins)                                                                                                         

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7       Debate on the Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee report: Inquiry Module 1

(60 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM8962 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the report of the Wales covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee, ‘Report 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: UK covid-19 Inquiry Module 1’, which was laid in the Table Office on 25 March 2025.

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8       Welsh Conservatives Debate - Sustainable Farming Scheme

(60 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM8960 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Recognises the importance of agriculture to the Welsh economy, culture, language, environment, and rural communities.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward a final, binding vote in the Senedd on its proposed sustainable farming scheme, prior to its implementation, to ensure democratic legitimacy, and the confidence of the agricultural sector.

Proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme
Supporters

Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales)

The following amendment was tabled:  

Amendment 1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

Delete point 2 and replace with:

Welcomes the proposed introduction of the Sustainable Farming Scheme; and

Notes that the Welsh Government will be bringing forward a Statutory Instrument which contains key provisions underpinning the Scheme.

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9       Voting Time

                                                                                                                          

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10    Short Debate: Cefin Campbell

(0 mins)                                                                                                           

Postponed until 17 September.

 

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The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 16 September 2025

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