Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting
date:
Wednesday, 7
October 2015
Meeting
time: 13.30
This meeting can be
viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3454
The item started at 13.30
The first 10 questions were asked. Questions 2, 4 and 8 were answered by the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister and the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food after Question 2.
The item started at 14.18
All 12 questions were asked. Questions 9 and 12 were grouped together for answer. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister after Question 2.
The item started at 15.03
NDM5838 William Powell (Mid and West Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Petitions Committee on
the petition, 'Mandatory Welsh legislation to ensure defibrillators
in all public places', which was laid in the Table Office on 9 July
2015.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order
12.36.
The item started at 15.45
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM5839 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the UK Government's stated intention to deliver a reserved powers model for devolution through a new Wales Bill;
2. Reiterates its support for Welsh devolution to function on the basis of a reserved powers model;
3. Rejects any form of reserved powers model that removes any powers currently exercisable by the Assembly under the present arrangements;
4. Calls for the creation of a Welsh legal jurisdiction as the most desirable and effective legal framework to accompany the implementation of a reserved powers model for devolution; and
5. Calls for the devolution of criminal
justice and policing to accompany the creation of a Welsh legal
jurisdiction.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
37 |
0 |
14 |
51 |
The motion without amendment was agreed.
The item started at 16.42
NDM5840 Aled Roberts (North Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that without proper support and treatment, mental health problems can have a devastating impact on a person's quality of life, affecting their work, their home life and their relationships;
2. Welcomes world mental health day, Time to Change Wales, All Together Now! and other campaigns which help to raise awareness of mental health and end stigma and discrimination;
3. Believes that there is still much to be done to provide better care and support for people of all ages with mental health problems in Wales;
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) give equal priority to mental health and physical health in law to help drive a culture change in attitudes;
b) ensure that the proportion of funding for mental health within the overall NHS Wales budget is consistent with the disease burden, reflecting the relative size of the health challenge in relation to physical health;
c) introduce new waiting time standards for mental health, including for access to psychological therapies;
d) improve mental health training to equip teachers, health professionals and employers with the skills to identify and support those experiencing mental health problems; and
e) introduce a core set of mental health data, focused on outcomes for service users, to inform decision making on priorities for action and to ensure the most effective allocation of resources.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
The item started at 17.42
The item started at 17.44
NDM5837 Mike Hedges (Swansea East)
The future of chapel buildings in Wales
The meeting concluded at 18.07
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 13 October 2015