Votes and Proceedings - Plenary


Meeting Venue:

Siambr Hywel - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date:
Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Meeting time: 13.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15470


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This meeting was 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 First Minister

The item started at 13.30

Questions 1-5 and 8-10 were asked. Questions 6 and 7 were withdrawn. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the First Minister after question 2.

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2       Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery

The item started at 14.24

The 3 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Counsel General after question 2.

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3       Business Statement and Announcement

The item started at 14.49

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4       Statement by the First Minister: Wales Investment Summit

The item started at 15.19

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5       Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The New Emergency Ambulance Performance Framework and Ambulance Patient Handover at Hospitals

The item started at 15.59

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6       Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Child Poverty Progress Report 2025

The item started at 16.33

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7       Legislative Consent Motion: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill

The item started at 17.19

Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

NDM9075 Sarah Murphy (Bridgend)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6 agrees that provisions in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in so far as they have regard to devolved matters, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

A Legislative Consent Memorandum was laid in Table Office on 20 November 2024 and a Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum was laid in Table Office on 4 April 2025 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2.

A copy of the Bill can be found on the UK Parliament website:

https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3879

The result was as follows:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

36

2

9

47

The motion was agreed.

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Proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate items 8-9 together but with separate votes:

Proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate items 8 and 9 together but with separate votes was agreed.

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8       The general principles of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill

The item started at 17.49

NDM9073 Jayne Bryant (Newport West)

To propose that Senedd Cymru in accordance with Standing Order 26.11:

Agrees to the general principles of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill.

The Building Safety (Wales) Bill and Explanatory Memorandum were laid before the Senedd on 7 July 2025; the report of the Local Government and Housing Committee on the Building Safety (Wales) Bill was laid before the Senedd on 28 November 2025.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

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9       The financial resolution in respect of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill

The item started at 17.49

NDM9074 Jayne Bryant (Newport West)

To propose that Senedd Cymru, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Building Safety (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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10    Debate: Stage 4 of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill

The item started at 18.43

In accordance with Standing Order 26.50C, voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

NDM9080 Ken Skates (Clwyd South)

To propose that the Senedd in accordance with Standing Order 26.47:

Approves the Bus Services (Wales) Bill.

The result was as follows:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

34

2

10

46

The motion was agreed.

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11    Voting Time

The item started at 18.55

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Votes Summary

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The meeting concluded at 18.57

The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 10 December 2025

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