Business Statement and Announcement

Tuesday 3 December and Wednesday 4 December 2013

Tuesday 10 December and Wednesday 11 December 2013

Tuesday 14 January and Wednesday 15 January 2014

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Tuesday 3 December 2013

Government Business

· First Minister’s Oral Assembly Questions (45 mins)

· Questions to the Minister for Culture and Sport (45 mins)

· Business Statement & Announcement (30 mins)

· Statement by the Minister for Housing and Regeneration: Responses to the “Renting Homes” White Paper (30 mins)

· Debate on the General Principles of the Education (Wales) Bill (60 mins)

· Motion to agree the financial resolution in respect of the Education (Wales) Bill (5 mins)

· Stage 3 Standing Order 26.44 debate on the Further and Higher Education (Governance and Information) (Wales) Bill (60 mins)

In accordance with Standing Order 26.36, amendments will be disposed of in the order which the sections and schedules to which they relate, arise in the Bill. At the conclusion of Stage 3 the Minister may propose that the Bill be passed in accordance with Standing Order 26.47.

· Stage 4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the Further and Higher Education (Governance and Information) (Wales) Bill (5 mins)

· Stage 3 Standing Order 26.44 debate on the NHS Finance (Wales) Bill (60 mins)

In accordance with Standing Order 26.36, amendments will be disposed of in the order which the sections and schedules to which they relate, arise in the Bill. At the conclusion of Stage 3 the Minister may propose that the Bill be passed in accordance with Standing Order 26.47.

· Stage 4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the NHS Finance (Wales) Bill (5 mins)

Wednesday 4 December 2013

Government Business

· Questions to the Minister for Education and Skills (45 mins)

· Questions to the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport (45 mins)

Assembly Business

· Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv) (60 mins)

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Joyce Watson (Mid and West Wales)

Mark Isherwood (North Wales)

Suzy Davies (South Wales West)

Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes with grave concern:

a) the targeting of vulnerable children for sexual exploitation by criminals;

b) that children missing from care are at particular risk of sexual exploitation;

c) evidence that local authorities in Wales are not yet fully implementing Welsh Government guidelines to protect children who go missing from care;

d) that the practice of out of area placements can put looked after children at greater risk of abuse and exploitation.

2. Commends the work of the Gwent Missing Children Project and notes the need for comparable, consistent and reliable data on cases of looked after children who go missing from children’s homes and foster care.

· Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)

· Time allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins)

· Short Debate - Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales) (30 mins)

Tuesday 10 December 2013

Government Business

· First Minister’s Oral Assembly Questions (45 mins)

· Business Statement & Announcement (30 mins)

· Statement by the Minister for Education and Skills: PISA 2012 (30 mins)

· LCM on the Water Bill (15 mins)

· Debate on the Final Budget 2014-15 (60 mins)

· Debate on the Sustainable Development Annual Report (60 mins)

· Stage 3 Standing Order 26.44 debate on the Control of Horses (Wales) Bill (60 mins)

In accordance with Standing Order 26.36, amendments will be disposed of in the order which the sections and schedules to which they relate, arise in the Bill. At the conclusion of Stage 3 the Minister may propose that the Bill be passed in accordance with Standing Order 26.47.

· Stage 4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the Control of Horses (Wales) Bill (5 mins)

Wednesday 11 December 2013

Government Business

· Questions to the Minister for Natural Resources and Food (45 mins)

· Questions to the Minister for Housing and Regeneration (45 mins)

Assembly Business

· Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)

· Time allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins)

· Time allocated to the Welsh Liberal Democrats (60 mins)

· Short Debate - Julie Morgan (Cardiff North) (30 mins)

Tuesday 14 January 2014

Government Business

· First Minister’s Oral Assembly Questions (45 mins)

· Business Statement & Announcement (30 mins)

· Statement by the Minister for Culture and Sport: The Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments Wales (30 mins)

· Statement by the Minister for Natural Resources and Food: Implementation of a new Common Agricultural Policy (30 mins)

· The Public Audit (Wales) Act (Consequential Amendments) (No.2 Wales) Order 2013 (15 mins)

· Debate: The 2014-15 Local Government Revenue & Capital Settlements (60 mins)

· Debate: The Equality Annual Report (60 mins)

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Government Business

· Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services (45 mins)

· Questions to the Counsel General (45 mins)

· Questions to the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty (45 mins)

Assembly Business

· Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (120 mins)

· Time allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins)

· Short Debate (30 mins)