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1 Questions to the First Minister (45 mins) The Presiding Officer will call the Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the First Minister after Question 2.
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Personal Statement Minister for Natural Resources and Food
The item started at 14.20
In accordance with Standing Order 12.52, the Minister for Natural Resources and Food, Alun Davies, made a personal statement on his observance of the Ministerial Code in respect of the Circuit of Wales.
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Urgent Questions
The item started at 14.22
Urgent Question 1
Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Will the First Minister make a statement on the Permanent Secretary’s investigation into the actions of the Minister for Natural Resources and Food in connection with the Circuit of Wales project?
The item started at 14.36
Urgent Question 2
Darren Millar (Clwyd West): In light of the Auditor General for Wales’s decision to qualify his opinions on the accounts of three Health Boards for breaching their approved spending limits, will the Minister make a statement on health board overspending in the financial year 2013/14?
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2 Business Statement and Announcement (30 mins)
View Business Statement and Announcement
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3 Statement by the First Minister: The Welsh Government's Response to The Silk Commission's Second Report (45 mins) Supporting Document Empowerment and Responsibility: Legislative Powers to Strengthen Wales |
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4 Statement by the Minister for Local Government and Government Business: Introduction of the Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill (60 mins) |
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5 Legislative Consent Motion on the Wales Bill (60 mins) NDM5501 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6, agrees that provisions in the Wales Bill which modify the legislative competence of the Assembly should be considered by the UK Parliament. A Legislative Consent Memorandum has been laid in Table Office on 1 May 2014 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2. A copy of the Wales Bill can be found at: Bill documents — Wales Bill 2013-14 — UK Parliament Supporting Documents Legislative Consent Memorandum
Report of the Finance Committee - Report on the Legislative Consent
Memorandum on the Wales Bill
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6 The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Amendment) Order 2014 (15 mins) NDM5537 Lesley Griffiths (Wrecsam) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales; in accordance with Standing Order 27.5: Approves that the draft The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Amendment) Order 2014 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 10 June 2014. Supporting
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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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7 The Town and Country Planning (Non-Material Changes and Corrections of Errors)(Wales) Order 2014 (15 mins)
NDM5538 Lesley Griffiths (Wrecsam) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales; in accordance with Standing Order 27.5: Approves that the draft The Town and Country Planning (Non-Material Changes and Correction of Errors) (Wales) Order 2014 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 10 June 2014. Supporting
Documents Report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee – no reporting points
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8 The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Non-Material Changes) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (15 mins) NDM5539 Lesley Griffiths (Wrecsam) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales; in accordance with Standing Order 27.5: Approves that the draft The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Non-Material Changes) (Wales) Regulations 2014 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 10 June 2014. Supporting Documents The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Non-Material Changes) (Wales) Regulations 2014 Report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee – no reporting points
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Voting Time There was no Voting Time
At 17.15, proceedings were suspended for 15 minutes. The bell was rung 5 minutes before reconvening for Stage 3 proceedings on the Housing (Wales) Bill.
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9 Stage 3 Standing Order 26.44 debate on the Housing (Wales) Bill (180 mins) The amendments will be disposed of in the order that the sections and schedules to which they relate were set out in the motion under Standing Order 26.36, agreed by the Assembly on 17 June 2014.
The amendments have been grouped for the purposes of debate and the groupings will be debated as follows:
Groups 1 – 28 were debated in plenary on 24 June 2014.
29. Homelessness: Duty to provide information, advice and assistance in accessing help 245, 419, 420, 414, 421, 422, 246, 423 30. Homelessness: Eligibility 8, 9 31. Homelessness: Duty to assess 424, 425, 354 32. Homelessness: Help to secure 247 33. Homelessness: Priority need 10*, 10A*, 355, 250, 11, 252, 12, 253, 13, 14, 254, 255, 28, 256, 426, 29, 257, 15, 16, 279 34. Homelessness: Circumstances in which homelessness duties end 260, 261, 262, 31 35. Homelessness: Duty to secure accommodation for applicants in priority need 427, 428, 429, 264, 430, 415, 431, 416, 417, 432, 30, 32 36.Homelessness: Intentionality 17 37. Homelessness: Local connection 18 38. Homelessness: Protection of property 272 39. Homelessness: Guidance 274, 275, 276 40. Homelessness: Interpretation 433, 278, 280 41. Gypsies and travellers 33 42. Standards for social housing 34 43. Council tax for long-term empty dwellings 356, 282, 283, 284, 357, 358, 37, 361 44. Council tax for dwellings occupied periodically 418, 434, 35, 359, 285, 360, 286 45. Council tax: other provisions 36, 362, 38 46. Leasehold Reform 287 47. Affordable Home s Target 39 48. Duties on the Welsh Ministers to report on implementation of the Housing Act 2004 363, 364 49. Commencement 365, 410 * These amendments will be disposed of in the order—10A, 10 Supporting Documents |
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 2 July 2014