Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Meeting time: 13.30
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(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Leader of the House after Question 2.
(15 mins)
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No Topical Questions have been accepted.
(5 mins)
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The National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on its inquiry into UK Governance post Brexit, which was laid in the Table Office on 2 February 2018.
(60 mins)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Calls on the Welsh Government’s Permanent Secretary to publish, with appropriate redactions to ensure anonymity of witnesses, the report into her investigation on “whether there is any evidence of a prior unauthorised sharing of information – i.e. a “leak” - by the Welsh Government of information relating to the recent Ministerial reshuffle”, as described in recent media reports.
ITV Wales - Leak inquiry clears First Minister - 25 January 2018
Co-Submitters
(30 mins)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the importance of broadcasting to the sustainability of viable democracy in Wales;
2. Is concerned by the significant decline in ITV Wales's
broadcasting hours, and significant cuts to S4C and its current
uncertain financial position;
3. Is also concerned about the position of Welsh-language and Welsh
broadcasting on commercial radio and local television, along with
the impact of the UK Government's proposals to further regulate the
radio market;
4. Notes that Wales needs to be at the forefront of the development
of media technologies and that Welsh-language and Welsh
broadcasting needs to be on a broader number of platforms and modes
of producing, publishing and distributing content;
5. Agrees that full consideration needs to be given to the
devolution of responsibilities for broadcasting to
Wales;
6. Calls on the Welsh Government to investigate the feasibility of
devolving powers over broadcasting to Wales and to report back to
the Assembly within one year.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment
1.
Julie James (Swansea West)
Delete
Points 5 and 6 and replace with:
Notes that the publication by Departure of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of the independent review of S4C being undertaken by Euryn Ogwen Williams is still awaited.
Calls on the UK Government and broadcasters to ensure that both Welsh and English language broadcasting in Wales is funded adequately.
Recognises that the public service broadcasters should be fully accountable to all national parliaments of the United Kingdom, as appropriate to their remit.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected]
Amendment
2.
Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Delete
point 6 and replace with:
Calls on the Welsh Government to investigate the viability of devolving powers over broadcasting to Wales and to report back to the Assembly within one year.
Amendment
3.
Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Notes the statutory obligation on the UK Government to provide S4C with sufficient funds to carry out its purposes.
Amendment
4.
Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government and the Assembly to press for the retention of the statutory obligation on the UK Government to provide S4C with sufficient funds to carry out its purposes to fund any expanded purposes that S4C may acquire following the Ogwen review.
Amendment
5.
Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Notes the increased obligations imposed on the BBC regarding portrayal and commissioning in the nations and regions in its renewed charter.
Amendment
6.
Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add
as a new point at the end of the motion:
Notes that a UK national broadcasting system is better placed to reach all nations and regions to promote understanding of devolution, notwithstanding that it has failed to do so to date.
(30 mins)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Supports Wales and the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the current EU customs union, as opposed to a new customs union.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Supports Wales and the United Kingdom’s agreement of a new customs arrangement between the UK and the EU, with customs requirements that are as frictionless as possible; building a new, economic and security relationship with the EU whilst enabling the UK to enter new trade agreements internationally.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2. Julie James (Swansea West)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Reiterates its support for Wales and the United Kingdom’s continued participation in the Single Market and in a Customs Union with the EU, in order to provide the greatest possible integration with the economies of our nearest neighbours compatible with no longer being a member-state within the EU.
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The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 6 March 2018