Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Meeting time: 13.30
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call the Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the First Minister after Question 2.
Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales): Will the Minister make a statement on emergency pressures at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board? EAQ(4)0694(HSS)
(30 mins)
View Business Statement and Announcement
(30 mins)
(15 mins)
NDM5973 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales; in accordance with Standing Order 27.5
Approves that the draft The Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 26 January 2016.
Supporting
Documents
The
Qualifications Wales Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments)
Regulations 2016
Explanatory Memorandum
Report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee
– no reporting points
(30 mins)
NDM5968 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6, agrees that provisions in the Housing and Planning Bill, relating to enfranchisement and extension of long leaseholds in so far as they fall within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
A Legislative Consent Memorandum has been laid in Table Office on 9 December 2015 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2(i) and (iii).
A copy of the Bill can be found at:
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/housingandplanning.html
Supporting
Documents
Legislative
Consent Memorandum
Report of the Communities, Equality and Local Government
Committee
(5 mins)
NDM5969 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 26.36:
Agrees to dispose of sections and schedules to the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill at Stage 3 in the following order:
a. Sections 2-36
b. Sections 38-81
c. Section 37
d. Sections 83-116
e. Section 82
f. Sections 118-156
g. Section 117
h. Sections 157-170
i. Sections 172-184
j. Section 171
k. Sections 185-195
l. Section 1
m. Long Title
(5 mins)
NDM5970 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 26.36:
Agrees to dispose of sections and schedules to the Public Health (Wales) Bill at Stage 3 in the following order:
a. Sections 2 - 31
b. Schedules 1 and 3
c. Sections 32 - 52
d. Schedule 2
e. Sections 53 - 57
f. Sections 59 - 96
g. Schedule 4
h. Section 58
i. Sections 97 – 117
j. Schedule 5
k. Sections 118 – 126
l. Section 1
m. Long title
(60 mins)
NDM5972 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the annual report for 2014-15 of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales.
A copy of the report was laid in the Table Office on 16 February 2016.
Supporting
Document
Annual
Report for 2014-15 of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education
and Training in Wales
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes that the Estyn report states that "Schools with successful leaders have a strong culture of professional learning and focus on improving the quality of teaching and learning" and believes that paying a teaching premium to highly qualified education staff who maintain their professional development would be a significant contribution to raising teaching standards.
Amendment 2 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes that this year's Estyn report shows that more needs to be done to narrow the attainment gap between secondary school pupils in receipt of free school meals and their peers.
Amendment 3 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Believes that at a time of increasing pupil numbers in primary schools, school closures, and teacher shortages, smaller class sizes for infants are ever more important to give teachers the time to properly teach our children.
(60 mins)
NDM5971 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the content of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 – Duty
to Review - Final Report.
Supporting Document
Mental
Health (Wales) Measure 2010 – Duty to Review - Final
Report
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Believes that waiting lists for child and adolescent mental health services are unacceptably high.
Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets that current waiting time targets mask often lengthy waiting times for psychological therapies and calls for more transparent and routine data in relation to waiting times for psychological interventions.
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 24 February 2016