Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
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.
(30 mins)
(20 mins)
To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services:
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn): Will the Minister make a statement following the announcement regarding the departure of Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board's Chief Executive?
(30 mins)
NDM7239 David Melding (South Wales Central)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes a proposal for a Bill which requires all new-build homes to be fitted with at least one electric car charge point.
2. Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to ensure that:
a) every new residential building with an associated car parking space has an electric charging point installed;
b) every residential building that is new or undergoing major renovation, with more than 10 car parking spaces, has cable routes for electric vehicle charge points in at least 50 percent of the total parking spaces.
Supporters
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South
Pembrokeshire)
Dai Lloyd (South Wales West)
David J. Rowlands (South Wales East)
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
Mohammad Asghar (South Wales East)
Russell George (Montgomeryshire)
(60 mins)
NDM7264 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that air pollution is a public health crisis, which contributes to an estimated 2,000 deaths a year in Wales.
2. Notes that large areas of Wales do not monitor air quality.
3. Calls for a clean air act for Wales, which would include measures to:
a) give communities the right to have pollution-monitoring equipment outside of schools and hospitals;
b) create infrastructure that would enable local authorities to introduce pollution and congestion charges where appropriate,
c) reform the planning process to require the impact of a development on air pollution to be given greater weight in the planning system;
d) accelerate the transition to an electric
transport system so that petrol and diesel cars are phased out by
2030.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete point 2 and replace with:
Calls for a new national air pollution monitoring network that complements Wales’ existing monitoring capabilities.
Amendment 2 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point after point 2 and renumber accordingly:
Further notes that air pollution exacerbates existing lung conditions and is a cause of asthma and lung cancer, and that the long-term impacts of poor air quality are not yet fully understood.
Amendment 3 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
In point 3, delete 'which would include measures to:' and replace with 'and for Welsh Government and UK Government to take decisive action to strengthen all measures, using legislation where necessary, to:'.
Amendment 4 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 3, insert as new sub-points before sub-point (a) and renumber accordingly:
'enshrine in law World Health Organisation air quality guidelines;
mandate the Welsh Government to produce a statutory air quality strategy every five years;'
Amendment 5 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 3(a), insert ', and introduce a “right to breathe”' after 'hospitals'.
(30 mins)
NDM7262 Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales)
What is the future for council farms?
Council farms have an important role to play in the future of our agriculture industry, but the increase in sales by councils under financial pressures poses a threat to that future.
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 11 February 2020