Agenda - Plenary

Meeting Venue:

Y Siambr - Y Senedd

Meeting date:
Wednesday, 18 March 2026

Meeting time: 13.30

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This meeting will be held in a hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others joining by video-conference.

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1 Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

(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 Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip

(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 Questions to the Senedd Commission

(10 mins)

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4 Topical Questions

(20 mins)

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5 90 Second Statements

(5 mins)

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6 Debate on the Standards of Conduct Committee report – Twenty Fifth report to the Sixth Senedd under Standing Order 22.9

(15 mins)

NDM9217 Hannah Blythyn (Delyn)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Considers the Report of the Standards of Conduct Committee – Twenty Fifth Report to the Sixth Senedd, laid before the Senedd on 11 March 2026 in accordance with Standing Order 22.9.

2. Endorses the recommendation in the report.

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Proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate the following items together but with separate votes

(15 mins)

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7 Motion to approve the Code of Conduct on the Standards of Conduct for Members of the Senedd

NDM9218 Hannah Blythyn (Delyn)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes the report of the Standards of Conduct Committee: The Review of the Code of Conduct for Members of the Senedd laid in the Table Office on 11 March 2026.

2. Adopts the Code of Conduct for Members of the Senedd laid on 11 March 2026, to come into force at the commencement of the Seventh Senedd.

3. Notes the accompanying guidance to the Code of Conduct set out in annex B to the report.

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8 Motion to approve the Guidance for Members of the Senedd on the registration, declaration and recording of financial and other interests

NDM9219 Hannah Blythyn (Delyn)

To propose that the Senedd:   

1. Approves the Guidance for Members of the Senedd on the registration, declaration and recording of financial and other interests, which was laid in the Table Office on 11 March 2026.

2. Resolves that the specified values and criteria that the Senedd may by resolution agree under paragraph 5 of the Annex to Standing Order 2 are as set out in the Guidance.

3. Agrees that the Guidance will come into force as of the start of the Seventh Senedd.

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9 Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee report: Mission Cymru: Principles for international relations

(60 mins)

NDM9216 Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the report of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee: ‘Mission Cymru: Principles for international relations’ which was laid in the Table Office on 3 February 2026.

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10 Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee report: Consideration of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 Report

(60 mins)

NDM9215 Mark Isherwood (North Wales)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the report of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee on the Consideration of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 Report which was laid in the Table Office on 11 March 2026.

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11 Plaid Cymru Debate - UK Government spending in Wales

(60 mins)

NDM9220 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Believes the UK Government should not make spending decisions in Wales when they are opposed by the Welsh Government.
The following amendment was tabled: 

Amendment 1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

Delete all and replace with:

1. Believes the UK Government should not make spending decisions in devolved areas of responsibility in Wales without the Welsh Government’s consent.

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12 Voting Time

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13 Short Debate

(30 mins)

NDM9214 Hannah Blythyn (Delyn)

“Politicians, they’re all the same”: how can we counter cynicism in politics and create greater confidence in individuals and our institution?

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The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 24 March 2026

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