Agenda - Plenary


Meeting Venue:

Siambr Hywel - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date:
Tuesday, 10 February 2026

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 First Minister

(45 mins)                                                                                                         

The Presiding Officer will call party leaders to ask questions without notice to the First Minister after Question 2.

View Questions

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2       Business Statement and Announcement

(30 mins)                                                                                                         

View Business Statement and Announcement

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3       Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Apprenticeship Week

(45 mins)                                                                                                         

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4       The Non-Domestic Rating (Value of Differential Multipliers) (Wales) Regulations 2026

(5 mins)                                                                                                           

NDM9141 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Non-Domestic Rating (Value of Differential Multipliers) (Wales) Regulations 2026 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 20 January 2026.

 

Supporting documents:

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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5       The Non-Domestic Rating (Artificial Avoidance Arrangements) (Local Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026

(15 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM9142 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Non-Domestic Rating (Artificial Avoidance Arrangements) (Local Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 20 January 2026.

 

Supporting documents:

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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6       The Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (Amendments to Schedule 5) Regulations 2026

(5 mins)                                                                                                           

NDM9140 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (Amendments to Schedule 5) Regulations 2026 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 20 January 2026.

 

Supporting documents:

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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7       The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026

(5 mins)                                                                                                           

NDM9145 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 20 January 2026.

 

Supporting documents:

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

 

 

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8       The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026

(10 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM9144 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 13 January 2026.

 

Supporting documents:

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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9       The Closure of European Union Legacy Agriculture Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2026

(15 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM9143 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Closure of European Union Legacy Agriculture Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2026 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 20 January 2026.

 

Supporting documents:

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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10    The Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) (Amendments etc.) Regulations 2026

(5 mins)                                                                                                           

NDM9139 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Renting Homes (Model Written Statements of Contract) (Wales) (Amendments etc.) Regulations 2026 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 20 January 2026.

 

Supporting documents:

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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11    Legislative Consent Motion: The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill

(15 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM9138 Jeremy Miles (Neath)

 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6 agrees that provisions in the Medical Training (Prioritisation) 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 28 January 2026, 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/4062/publications

 

Supporting documents:

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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12    The financial resolution in respect of the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill

(15 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM9137 Julie James (Swansea West)

 

To propose that Senedd Cymru, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) 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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13    Debate: Stage 4 of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

(15 mins)                                                                                                         

NDM9150 Jayne Bryant (Newport West)

 

To propose that the Senedd in accordance with Standing Order 26.47:
 
Approves the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill.

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 3

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14    Voting Time

                                                                                                                          

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15    Debate: Stage 3 of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets (Wales) Bill

(180 mins)                                                                                                       

The amendments will be disposed of in the order which the sections and schedules to which they relate were set out in the motion under Standing Order 26.36 agreed by the Senedd on 3 February 2026.

 

The amendments have been grouped for the purposes of debate and the groupings will be debated as follows:

 

1. Environmental principles and integrating environmental protection

9, 10, 11, 12, 13

 

2. Environmental protection and improvement report

53

 

3. Office of Environmental Governance Wales: establishment and related matters

33, 25, 46, 26, 32, 8, 48

 

4. Office of Environmental Governance Wales: general purpose

36, 1, 47, 7

 

5. Office of Environmental Governance Wales: strategy

27, 34, 28, 29, 30

 

6. Office of Environmental Governance Wales: monitoring and reporting

37

 

7. Office of Environmental Governance: representations and investigations

38, 39, 2, 3

 

8. Biodiversity targets: targets under new section 6B of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016

40, 4, 5A, 5, 54, 6, 31, 42, 43, 45

 

9. Biodiversity targets: setting and reviewing targets

14, 41, 15, 16, 17, 35, 18, 19, 20, 21

 

10. Welsh Ministers’ plans and reports under section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016

49, 44, 22, 50, 23, 51

 

11. Meaning of “public authority”

52

 

Supporting documents:

Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets (Wales) Bill (as amended at Stage 2)

Revised Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment - 3 February 2026

Marshalled list of amendments

Groupings of amendments

 

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The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 11 February 2026

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