Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date: 16 September 2015
Meeting time: 13.30
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2.
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2.
(60 mins)
NDM5820 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Regrets the Welsh Government's persistent failure to provide sufficient support to Wales's businesses.
2. Expresses deep concern by the loss of jobs at businesses in receipt of Welsh Government grant funding.
3. Believes that the process of due diligence utilised by the Welsh Government prior to providing grant support for businesses has proved inadequate.
4. Regrets the Welsh Government's failure to spend public money effectively in support of Welsh businesses.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to undertake a comprehensive review of its failures in business support, including a re-prioritisation to provide more backing for small and medium-sized enterprises.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to support the financing needs of Welsh businesses through establishing a business development bank for Wales.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to address the burden of business rates by extending the small business rate relief scheme.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to secure new trade opportunities for Welsh businesses by implementing Plaid Cymru's Overseas Trade Initiative.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Insert at end of point 5:
', improved access to finance and enable high quality business support and advice'
(60 mins)
NDM5821 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Regrets the repeated and persistent failure of the Welsh Government to meet its own key targets linked to the delivery of key public services; and the damaging consequences this has for the people of Wales.
2. Believes that the Welsh Government must show absolute transparency in measuring public service performance.
3. Fears that the removal, redefinition or altering of targets linked to public service delivery prevents the people of Wales from adequately holding the Welsh Government to account, and distorts the scrutiny of its long-term, repeated failure.
The following amendment has been tabled:
Amendment 1 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Insert at end of point 2:
'including ensuring that data is collected and published in a way that ensures performance can be compared with other nations'
(60 mins)
NDM5822 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that any increases in the block grant which result from an increase in UK Government health expenditure, are invested in Welsh health and social care services.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Recognises the importance of investment in safe nurse staffing levels which have a significant impact on patient care and the recruitment and retention of staff.
Amendment 2 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that parity for mental healthcare is a priority for future investment in the Welsh health service.
Amendment 3 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure improving access to GPs is a priority for future investment in the Welsh health service.
(30 mins)
NDM5819 Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Fracking: Implementing a moratorium for Wales
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 22 September 2015