Plenary

 

Meeting date:
Wednesday, 3 June 2015

 

Meeting time:
13.30

 

 

 

 

Agenda

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1 Questions to the Minister for Finance and Government Business (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 Minister for Public 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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3 Urgent Debate (90 mins)

 

The findings of an investigation into patient care at the Tawel Fan ward of Bodelwyddan's Glan Clwyd Hospital.

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4 Stage 1 Debate on the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill (60 mins)

NDM5772 Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 26.11:

 

Agrees to the general principles of the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill.

 

The Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill and Explanatory Memorandum were laid before the Assembly on 1 December 2014.

 

The report of the Health and Social Care Committee on the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill was laid before the Assembly on 8 May 2015.

 

The report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill was laid before the Assembly on 6 May 2015.

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5 Welsh Conservatives Debate (60 mins)

NDM5773 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

 

a) define its strategy to increase inward investment to Wales over the next five years; and

 

b) collaborate with the UK Government to ensure that Wales remains a competitive and attractive location for inward investment.

 

2. Recognises that the UK Government's reduction in corporation tax has made Wales and the UK one of the most attractive places to invest.

 

The following amendments have been tabled:

 

Amendment 1 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Add as new point 1 and renumber accordingly:

 

Notes the criticisms of the Welsh Government's inward investment strategy in Cardiff University's report entitled 'Selling Wales: The Role of Agencies in Attracting Inward Investment'.

 

Amendment 2 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Insert as new sub-point at the end of point 1:

 

'develop effective cross-border links to increase inward investment as well as improving Wales's export potential.'

 

Amendment 3 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Insert as new sub-point at the end of point 1:

 

ensure co-ordination between all Welsh Government departments involved in selling Wales abroad and ensure that the message is consistent.

 

Amendment 4 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

At the end of point 2, insert:

 

and calls on the Welsh Government to make representations to the UK Government to allow the Welsh Government to set the rate of corporation tax in Wales.

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6 Welsh Liberal Democrats Debate (60 mins)

NDM5770 Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

Firmly opposes any attempt by the UK Government to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998, which would undermine our Welsh devolution settlement and be a retrograde step in the promotion and protection of human rights.

 

The Human Right Act 1998 (c.42) can be found at:

 

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contents

 

The following amendments have been tabled:

 

Amendment 1 – Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

Delete all and replace with:

 

1. Notes the manifesto commitment made by the Conservative Party during the 2015 general election to introduce a British Bill of Rights; and

 

2. Recognises the intention of the UK Government to bring forward proposals to meet this commitment.

 

Amendment 2 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Believes that any proposal to abolish, amend or replace the Human Rights Act 1998 requires the assent of the National Assembly expressed through a Legislative Consent Motion.

 

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7 Voting Time 

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8 Short Debate (30 mins)

NDM5771 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

 

Môn Mam Cymru: adding value to the food industry

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The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 9 June 2015

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