Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Meeting time: 13.30
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NDM4816 William Graham (South Wales East):
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that more people are being diagnosed with cancer;
2. Expresses concern that target waiting times for cancer patients are being missed; and
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to establish a Welsh Cancer Drugs Fund.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
In point 1, after "cancer" insert "due in large part to an increasingly elderly population and much better diagnosis."
Amendment 2 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete point 2, and replace with "notes that some target waiting times for cancer patients need to be improved and recognises the on-going work to address this"
[If amendment 3 is agreed, amendment 4 will be deselected]
Amendment 3 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Delete point 3 and replace with:
Calls on the Welsh Government to draw up and implement a National Cancer Plan.
Amendment 4 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete point 3, and replace with "notes that people in Wales are able to access cancer drugs without the English model of a Cancer Drugs Fund"
(60 mins)
NDM4817 William Graham (South Wales East)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises that the planning system is vital for a strong economy, an attractive and sustainable environment and a successful democracy; and
2. Calls upon the Welsh Government to:
a) Bring forward the Welsh Planning Bill sooner than indicated in the Legislative Statement,
b) Increase the flexibility of the Welsh planning system,
c) Streamline and simplify current Welsh planning guidance,
d) Increase the say of local communities in the planning system.
A copy of the Legislative Statement can be accessed via the following hyperlink:
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete point 2, and replace with:
Notes the Cabinet Written Statement by the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, emailed to Assembly Members on 30th September, establishing an independent advisory panel to advise on how planning services should be delivered in the future, which will inform the Planning White Paper and subsequent Bill.
Amendment 2 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Believes that the Welsh Government’s review of the planning system should also consider the Wales Spatial Plan and the system of local development plans.
The Wales Spatial Plan is available on the following link:
(60 mins)
NDM4818 Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Regrets the lack of meaningful targets and detail contained in the Programme for Government: and
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that its Programme focuses on the challenges which the economy will face during the next few years.
The Programme for Government can be accessed at the following hyperlink:
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete point 1) and replace with:
"Notes the Programme for Government and the need for measurable delivery when it comes to implementing Government policy"; and
Amendment 2 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point 1 and renumber accordingly:
Calls on the Welsh Government to revise its Programme for Government to address the economic and social challenges facing the people of Wales.
Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets that the Welsh Government has not delivered on the First Minister’s promise of a programme for government with measurable targets.
Amendment 4 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward a revised programme for government with concrete, measurable targets, and a timetable for delivery.
Amendment 5 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls for the Welsh Government to republish its Programme for Government to include measurable targets and outcomes.
Amendment 6 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets the Welsh Government’s failure to specify, within the Programme for Government, measures to raise the performance of Wales’ Gross Value Added by 2015.
Amendment 7 - William Graham (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Believes the Programme for Government should include a comprehensive programme of business rate relief as the best policy intervention to encourage private sector investment and employment and that such an intervention could be introduced immediately without the need for a further review.
(30 mins)
NDM4815 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd):
Reforming the Conditions of Tenure Within the Private Rented Sector
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 11 October 2011