Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Meeting time: 13.30
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(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2.
(20 mins)
This question will be answered by the Counsel General and Brexit Minister
Alun Davies (Blaenau Gwent): Will the First Minister make a statement on the devolution review announced last week by the Prime Minister?
(5 mins)
(30 mins)
NDM7106 Suzy Davies (South Wales West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 27.2:
Agrees that The School Performance and Absence Targets (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, laid before the Assembly on 6 June 2019, be annulled.
(60 mins)
NDM7116 Bethan Sayed (South Wales West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee on the Inquiry into Film and Major Television Production in Wales laid in Table Office on 16 May 2019.
(60 mins)
NDM7115 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 26.11:
Agrees to the general principles of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill.
The Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill and Explanatory Memorandum were laid before the Assembly on 12 February 2019.
The report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill was laid before the Assembly on 28 June 2019.
(60 mins)
NDM7118 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Calls for an increase in the number of Assembly Members.
2. Calls for immediate action in order to increase the number of Assembly Members in time for the start of the Sixth Assembly.
3. Calls for reform of the Assembly electoral system, and the introduction of the single transferable vote system for electing Members in time for the next Assembly elections in 2021.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
Delete all and replace with;
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the report of the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform.
2. Believes that there is no appetite amongst the voting public to increase the number of politicians in Wales at this time, and that efforts should focus instead on:
a) enacting the proposals of the 2018 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies for election to the House of Commons;
b) speeding up local government electoral reform in Wales.
A Parliament that works for Wales - The report of the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and 3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the publication of A Parliament that Works for Wales and its recommendations.
2. Agrees that an increase in the number of Assembly Members is needed.
3. Calls for further cross-party work to take these matters forward.
A Parliament that works for Wales - The report of the Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform
[If amendment 2 is agreed, amendment 3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 3 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises that there are significant challenges in the capacity of Assembly Members to undertake satisfactory scrutiny of legislation and the Welsh Government.
2. Calls for further investigation into the impact of any increase in Assembly Members and whether there is public support for such a move.
3. Calls for any increase in the number of Assembly Members to be funded via overall savings to taxpayers arising as a result of a reduction in the overall number of elected representatives in Wales.
4. Calls for any additional Assembly Members to be elected on a no less proportional basis than is currently the case.
NDM7117 Jayne Bryant (Newport West)
Caring for our carers: Securing the recognition, respite and support our carers deserve.
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 16 July 2019