Business Statement and Announcement

Plenary agendas are published a week in advance of a meeting, and can be found on the Plenary meetings page

Tuesday 21st April 2015 & Wednesday 22nd April 2015

Tuesday 28th April 2015 & Wednesday 29th April 2015

Tuesday 5th May 2015 & Wednesday 6th May 2015

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Government Business

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

· Business Statement and Announcement (30 mins)

· Update on implementation of  the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (30 mins)

· Statement by the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology: The Digital First Strategy (30 mins)

· Proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate the following together but with separate votes

· The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) Wales Order (5 mins)

· The Homelessness (Intentionality) (Specified Categories) (Wales) Regulations (5 mins)

· The Homelessness (Review Procedures) (Wales) Regulations (5 mins)

· Debate on The Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service of Wales (60 mins)

Wednesday 22 April 2015

Government Business

• Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services (45 mins)
• Questions to the Counsel General (45 mins)

Assembly Business

· Questions to the Assembly Commission (15 mins)

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

NNDM5715

Bethan Jenkins (South Wales West)

William Graham (South Wales East)

Lynne Neagle (Torfaen)

William Powell (Mid and West Wales)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Calls upon the Welsh Government to

a) Instigate a moratorium on opencast mining across Wales, in order to ascertain whether planning law and current guidance provides sufficient protection for communities affected by opencast mining;

b) Respond to the Research into the Failure to Restore Opencast Coal Sites in South Wales, stating specifically how it might address concerns about the workability of MTAN2 and the 500m buffer zone; and

c) Support affected local authorities to make legal challenges, where required, when pursing restoration.

· Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)

· Time allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins)

· Short Debate - Russell George (Montgomeryshire) (30 mins)

· Short Debate - Leanne Wood (South Wales Central): Delivering a Devolution Dividend for the Whole of Wales (30 mins) – Postponed from 18 March 2015 (30 mins)

Tuesday 28 April 2015

Government Business

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

· Business Statement and Announcement (30 mins)

· Statement on Update on the Welsh Government’s commitment to introduce an additional 500 Community Support Officers in Wales (30 mins)

· Debate on the Annual Report on Equality 2013-2014 (60 mins)

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Government Business

· Questions to the Minister for Finance and Government Business (45 mins)

· Questions to the Minister for Public Services (45 mins)

Assembly Business

· Debate on the Finance Committee’s report on Best Practise Budget Process Part 2 - Planning and implementing new budget procedures (60 mins)

· Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)

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

· Short Debate – Suzy Davies (South Wales West) (30 mins)

Tuesday 5 May 2015

Government Business

· Questions to the First Minister (45 mins)

· Business Statement and Announcement (30 mins)

Wednesday 6 May 2015

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

· Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)

· Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)

· Time allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins)

· Short Debate – Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales) (30 mins)