Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Meeting time: 13.30
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The item started at 13.30
Questions 2 and 4-10 were asked. Questions 1 and 3 were not asked. Question 5 and 9 were answered by the Minister for Minister for Environment. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary after question 2.
The item started at 14.15
The first 8 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary after question 2.
The item started at 15.12
To ask the Minister for Children and Social Care:
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales): Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on children's services in Powys, in the wake of a report by the Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board regarding the death of a child in the care of the County Council?
The item started at 15.32
Llyr Gruffydd made a statement on Corwen Times/Y Cyfnod.
Vikki Howells made a statement on Species Champions ‘Show the Love’ this Valentines Day.
Jayne Bryant made a statement on the rugby player Arthur ‘Monkey’ Gould.
The item started at 15.37
NDM6659 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 17.14, elects Jack Sargeant (Labour) as a Member of the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee in place of Dawn Bowden (Labour).
NDM6660 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 17.14, elects Jack Sargeant (Labour) as a Member of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee in place of Mick Antoniw (Labour).
NDM6661 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 17.14, elects Jack Sargeant (Labour) as a Member of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee in place of Lee Waters (Labour).
The item started at 15.37
NDM6635
David Melding (South Wales Central
Supported by
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the number of roads in Wales which are unadopted, and are therefore not maintained by the relevant local authority.
2. Notes that a number of developers have not built roads on new estates to adoptable standards.
3. Recognises that there are weaknesses in the house-buying process, which does not always ensure that buyers have sufficient financial retentions in place to bring these roads up to the local authority's adoptable standard.
4. Recognises that house buyers are often faced with having to invest significant sums of money in order to bring roads up to the local authority's adoptable standard.
5. Notes that many of these roads remain unadopted and in a bad state of repair, for a number of years, sometimes in perpetuity.
6. Calls on the Welsh Government to establish a taskforce, to include local authorities, the legal profession, developers and other key stakeholders, with a view to developing improvements to the house buying and road adoption process.
7. Seeks to develop a Wales-wide programme to deliver a reduction in the number of unadopted roads in Wales.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
The item started at 16.37
NDM6654 Dai Lloyd (South Wales West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on loneliness and isolation, which was laid in the Table Office on 7 December 2017.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
NDM6658 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the importance of good mental health.
2. Regrets that some people with mental health conditions face injustices and challenges when accessing services.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Wales’s health and social care sectors are able to deliver effective, preventative mental health services.
Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM6658 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the importance of good mental health.
2. Regrets that some people with mental health conditions face injustices and challenges when accessing services.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that Wales’s health and social care sectors are able to deliver effective, preventative mental health services.
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For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
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41 |
0 |
6 |
47 |
The motion without amendment was agreed
The item started at 18.44
The item started at 18.45
NDM6650 Mark Isherwood (North Wales)
Getting smart with fuel poverty.
The meeting concluded at 19.06
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 27 February 2018