Plenary

 

Meeting date:
Wednesday, 16 October 2013

 

Meeting time:
13:30

 

 

 

 

Agenda

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1 Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services (45 mins)

 

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2 Questions to the Counsel General (10 mins)

 

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3 Questions to the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty (45 mins)

 

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Urgent Question

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Aled Roberts (North Wales): Will the Minister make a statement on the potential job losses at First Milk in Maelor?

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

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

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4 Motion under Standing Order 10.5 to appoint members and Chair of the Wales Audit Office (5 mins)

 

NDM5332 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Paragraphs 4(1) and 5(1) to Schedule 1 of the Public Audit Wales Act 2013, and under Standing Order 10.5:

 

1. Appoints Isobel Garner, Peter Price, David Corner, Christine Hayes and Steven Burnett as non-executive Members of the Wales Audit Office; and

 

2. Appoints Isobel Garner as Chair of the Wales Audit Office.

 

Note: The Public Accounts Committee’s report on the appointment of the non-executive Wales Audit Office Members was laid in the Table Office on 9 October 2013.

 

Supporting documents:

Public Accounts Committee’s report

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5 Motion to agree the remuneration of the members and Chair of the Wales Audit Office (5 mins)

 

NDM5333 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Paragraphs 7(1) and 7(4) to Schedule 1 of the Public Audit Wales Act 2013:

 

1. Determines a remuneration of £25,000 per annum for the Chair of the Wales Audit Office; and

 

2. Determines a remuneration of £12,500 per annum for the other non-executive members of the Wales Audit Office.

 

Note: The Public Accounts Committee’s report on the appointment of the non-executive Wales Audit Office Members was laid in the Table Office on 9 October 2013.

 

Supporting documents:

Public Accounts Committee’s report

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6 Motion to amend SO18 in relation to Public Accounts and Oversight of the Wales Audit Office (5 mins)

 

NDM5329 Rosemary Butler (Newport West)

 

To propose that the National Assembly, in accordance with Standing Order 33.2:

 

1. Considers the Report of the Business Committee ‘Proposed amendments to Standing Order 18 – Public Accounts and Oversight of the Wales Audit Office’ laid in the Table Office on 9 October 2013; and

 

2. Approves the proposal to revise Standing Orders 18 and 20:

 

(a) as set out in Annex B of the Business Committee’s report, with immediate effect; and

 

(b) as set out in Annex D of the Business Committee’s report, with effect on 1 April 2014.

 

Supporting documents:

Business Committee’s report

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7 Motion under Standing Order 16.3 to alter the remit of the Finance Committee (5 mins)

 

NDM5334 Rosemary Butler (Newport West)

 

The National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 16.3, alters the remit of the Finance Committee, so that in addition to its current functions, it is to carry out the functions of the responsible committee set out in Standing Orders 18.10 and 18.11.

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8 Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv) (60 mins)

 

NNDM5325

 

Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Recognises the high risk sky lanterns pose to public safety, buildings and structures, and the welfare of farm animals and wildlife;

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to investigate the merits of restricting the release of sky lanterns in Wales.

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9 Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee's Report on the Inquiry into the implementation of the National Service Framework for diabetes in Wales and its future direction (60 mins)

 

NDM5328 David Rees (Aberavon)

 

The National Assembly for Wales:

 

Notes the report of the Health and Social Care Committee into the implementation of the National Service Framework for diabetes in Wales and its future direction, which was laid in the Table Office on 24 June 2013.

 

Note: The response of the Minister for Health and Social Services to the report was laid in the Table Office on 9 October 2013.

 

Supporting documents:

Health and Social Care Committee’s report

Welsh Government’s response

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10 Debate seeking the Assembly's agreement to introduce a Member Proposed Bill on Financial Literacy (Bethan Jenkins) (60 mins)

 

NDM5299 Bethan Jenkins (South Wales West)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 26.91:

 

Agrees that Bethan Jenkins may introduce a Bill to give effect to the pre-ballot information tabled on 11 July 2013 under Standing Order 26.90.  

 

The pre-ballot information can be accessed on the following link:

 

http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-legislation/bill_ballots/bill-055.htm

 

Supporting documents:

Summary of responses gathered by the Outreach team

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Voting Time

The item started at 17.34

 

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Votes Summary

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11 Short Debate (30 mins)

 

NDM5330 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire): Autism: The need for a timely diagnosis in Wales

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