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1 Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services (45 mins) The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2.
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2 Questions to the Counsel General (15 mins)
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3 Statement by the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport: Murco Refinery, Milford Haven (30 mins) |
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4 Questions to the Assembly Commission (0 mins)
No questions tabled. |
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5 The Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee Report on the Inquiry into Disqualification from Membership of the National Assembly for Wales (60 mins) NDM5610 David Melding (South Wales Central)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on its inquiry into the Disqualification of Membership from the National Assembly for Wales, which was laid in the Table Office on 30 July 2014.
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6 Welsh Conservatives Debate (60 mins) NDM5608 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Calls upon the Welsh Government to establish a Cancer Treatments Fund for Wales.
The following amendment has been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Delete all and replace with:
Calls on the Welsh Government to expand the health technologies fund to medicines for cancer and other diseases.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Delete all after "establish" and replace with "an all Wales approach to ensure consistency and equity in access to cancer treatments". |
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7 Plaid Cymru Debate (60 mins) NDM5611 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Regrets that the inequality gap between the poorest and richest people and regions has grown under successive UK Governments.
2. Notes that GVA per capita in West Wales and the Valleys is 62.7% of the UK average while GVA per capita in Inner London is 308.8%.
3. Recognises the need for a rebalancing of the UK economy away from a concentration of wealth in the South East of England.
4. Notes the focus of the UK Government's economic strategy on the financial services sector and further notes that whilst this can be a growth sector in Wales, the core of Wales's economy is built around manufacturing, production and exports.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) focus on realising and building on Wales's economic potential;
b) prioritise infrastructure investments in areas that need it most;
c) establish a publicly-owned business bank to offer finance to small businesses at competitive rates; and
d) extend the small business rate relief scheme to cover all businesses with a rateable value of £15,000 or less.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
In point 1, after UK insert "and Welsh"
Amendment 2 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Insert at end of point 3:
and also recognises the need for a rebalancing of the Welsh economy away from a concentration of wealth along the south Wales (M4) corridor.
Amendment 3 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Delete point 4 and replace with:
Acknowledges the economic stability arising from the UK Government's policies which are stimulating UK-wide economic growth.
Amendment 4 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete sub-point 5(d).
Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Insert as new subpoint at the end of point 5:
Produce a clear export strategy for Wales to match private sector ingenuity with public sector support.
Amendment 6 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add new point at end of motion
Calls on the Welsh Government to adopt the Welsh Conservative proposals which include replacing Finance Wales with Invest Wales.
Amendment 7 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add new point at end of motion:
Regrets the decline in Wales's GVA under fifteen years of Labour Government in Wales. |
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8 Voting Time |
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9 Short Debate (30 mins) NDM5612 Mike Hedges (Swansea East)
Improving the lives of older people
5 simple and cheap ways of making the lives of the older people better. |
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 11 November 2014