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.
(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): 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?
(0 mins)
No 90 Second Statements were submitted.
(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
(60 mins)
(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.
(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)
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.
(0 mins)
Postponed until 17 September.
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 16 September 2025