Votes and Proceedings - Plenary

Meeting Venue:

Y Siambr - Y Senedd

Meeting date:
Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Meeting time: 13.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4985

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1 Questions to the First Minister

The item started at 13.30

The first 10 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the First Minister after question 2.

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2 Business Statement and Announcement

The item started at 14.19

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3 Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport: The Economic Action Plan

The item started at 14.45

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4 Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: National Academy for Educational Leadership

The item started at 15.32

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5 Statement by the Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care: Transforming Social Care in Wales: Implementation of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act

The item started at 16.16

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6 Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Relationships and Sexuality Education

The item started at 16.44

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7 Debate: The Older People's Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report 2017-18

The item started at 17.41

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

NDM6725 Julie James (Swansea West)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’s Annual Report (Impact and Reach Report 2017/18), which was laid before the Assembly on 15 May 2018.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1. Paul Davies (Pembrokeshire)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to introduce a Bill of rights for older people, to codify in Welsh law those rights pertaining to older people, so as to empower older people to speak up where their rights are not being fulfilled.

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
20	0	30	50

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2. Paul Davies (Pembrokeshire)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to urgently address concerns raised by the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales that a significant number of older people in Wales cannot access independent advocacy services.

A vote was taken on amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
49	0	1	50

Amendment 2 was agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM6725 Julie James (Swansea West)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’s Annual Report (Impact and Reach Report 2017/18), which was laid before the Assembly on 15 May 2018.

Calls on the Welsh Government to urgently address concerns raised by the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales that a significant number of older people in Wales cannot access independent advocacy services.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
50	0	0	50

The motion as amended was agreed.

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8 Voting Time

The item started at 18.23

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The meeting concluded at 18.25

The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 23 May 2018

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