Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date: 30 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)
NDM5831 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the important role that local authority services play in an individuals' experiences of public services.
2. Regrets the Welsh Government's persistent refusal to provide support to local authorities in preventing rises in council tax bills;
3. Notes that the average band D council tax for Wales for 2015-16 is £1,328; and that households are £546 worse off over the course of the Fourth Assembly due to the Welsh Government's refusal to implement a council tax freeze;
4. Believes that people in Wales will question the value for money provided by many local authority services further to these council tax rises; and
5. Further believes that more work needs to be done in Wales to utilise the role third sector organisations can play in effective local service delivery.
The following amendment has been tabled:
Amendment 1 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Regrets the implications for the future of local authority services if the UK Government continues to pursue austerity policies.
Believes that local authorities and communities should have the freedom to make their own decisions to raise finance, in order to protect local services and jobs.
(60 mins)
NDM5828 William Powell (Mid and West Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Petitions Committee on the petition, 'Stop the army recruiting in schools', which was laid in the Table Office on 19 June 2015.
The Welsh Government's response to the report was laid in the Table Office on 23 September 2015.
Supporting Documents
(60 mins)
NDM5830 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that Welsh NHS referral-to-treatment time targets have not been met since 2010;
2. Regrets the potential adverse impact of prolonged NHS waiting times on patient outcomes and quality of life; and
3. Calls upon the Welsh Government to set out a plan and timetable for achieving its referral-to-treatment time targets.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:
Recognises the importance of achieving faster diagnosis in reducing waiting times.
Amendment 2 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Insert at end of point 3:
'and to ensure that patients are seen in a timely manner throughout their care.'
(30 mins)
NDM5829 Mark Isherwood (North Wales): Palliative Care in Wales, looking beyond 2016.
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 6 October 2015