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Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate - Fifth Senedd
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Meeting: 19/01/2021 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Managers selected the following motion for debate on 27 January:
Dai Lloyd
Neil Hamilton
Huw Irranca-Davies
Adam Price
Andrew RT Davies
Nick
Ramsay
NNDM7463
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Notes the publication of research by the Stroke Association into the
experiences of stroke survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic, which found that
stroke survivors and carers are struggling to access the services and support
they need.
2.
Notes that admissions at acute stroke units in Wales fell 12 per cent between
April and June 2020 compared to 2019.
3.
Believes that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, stroke survivors should be able to
continue to access the acute care, rehabilitation, mental health treatment and
support they need to make the best possible recovery.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure local health boards in Wales continue
their work to improve stroke care in Wales and do not allow COVID-19 to delay
much needed structural changes.
5.
Calls on the Welsh Government to publish a new national plan for stroke
services upon the expiration of the current Stroke Delivery Plan to ensure care
for those affected by stroke is strengthened throughout Wales in the future.
Stroke Delivery Plan
2017-2020
Supported
by:
Llyr Gruffydd
Mark Isherwood
Neil McEvoy
Meeting: 10/11/2020 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Committee agreed to schedule the following motion for debate on 18 November:
NNDM7455
Helen
Mary Jones
Joyce
Watson
Leanne
Wood
To propose
that the Senedd:
1. Believes
that the UK Government should have held discussions with the Welsh Government
and local representatives before housing asylum seekers at the Penally military
base, near Tenby.
2. Believes
that the decision should be reconsidered because it is an unsuitable place for
asylum seekers, as it is isolated from appropriate support networks.
3. Condemns
the violent protests organised by far right groups from outside Pembrokeshire.
4. Praises
local residents and volunteers from across Wales who have welcomed and supported
the asylum seekers
Supporters:
Mick
Antoniw
John
Griffiths
Llyr
Gruffydd
Business
Committee also agreed to schedule the following motion for debate on 9
December:
NNDM7462
Lynne
Neagle
Bethan
Sayed
Leanne
Wood
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Recognises that the evidence is unequivocal that the first 1,000 days of a
child’s life, from pregnancy to age two, lay the foundations for a happy and
healthy life and that the support and wellbeing of babies during this time
is strongly linked to better outcomes later in life, including educational
achievement, progress at work and better physical and mental health.
2.
Notes that since the outbreak of COVID-19 and the
subsequent lockdown and social distancing measures, a growing body
of research indicates parents are facing unprecedented pressures,
heightened anxieties, and are at increased risk of developing mental
health problems in the perinatal period.
3.
Notes that the Babies in Lockdown 2020 survey showed that for 66 per cent of
respondents from Wales, parental mental health was cited as a main concern
during lockdown: only 26 per cent felt confident that they could find help
for mental health if they needed it and 69 per cent of parents felt the changes
brought on by COVID-19 were affecting their unborn baby, baby or young
child.
4.
Notes that the New Parents and COVID-19 2020 research found that over half of
the 257 respondents who have given birth since lockdown felt that their birth
experience was more difficult than expected due to the coronavirus
restrictions, more than 60 per cent not receiving any form of post-natal
check-up and almost a quarter wanting perinatal mental health support..
5.
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure services and support for families
during pregnancy and the perinatal period are prioritised and that the
midwifery, health visiting and perinatal mental health workforce is protected
from redeployment during the pandemic.
6.
Calls on the Welsh Government to proactively work with health boards to ensure
women can be safely supported by their partners during hospital visits during
pregnancy.
7.
Calls on the Welsh Government to provide additional ring-fenced investment for
perinatal mental health services and voluntary services to cope with the
increase in demand because of COVID-19.
Supporters:
Dawn
Bowden
Jayne
Bryant
Alun
Davies
Vikki
Howells
Huw
Irranca-Davies
Helen
Mary Jones
Dai
Lloyd
Neil
McEvoy
Jenny
Rathbone
David
Rees
Jack
Sargeant
Meeting: 22/09/2020 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Committee discussed the motions tabled and agreed to schedule the following
motion for debate on 30 September:
NNDM7384
Jack Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Notes:
a)
the damage poverty does to life chances and that work is no longer a guaranteed
route out of poverty;
b)
that the pandemic has forced more people into poverty with increasing numbers
of residents having to turn to charitable support like food banks;
c)
that, even before the pandemic, UK growth was poor and we faced the growing
challenge of automation, placing increasing numbers of jobs at risk;
d)
that a Universal Basic Income (UBI) gives people more control over their lives,
would alleviate poverty and have an accompanying positive affect on mental
health;
e)
that a UBI would create jobs and encourage people to access training
opportunities;
f)
that a UBI allows people the space to become more involved in their community
and support their neighbours.
2. Calls on the Welsh Government:
a)
to establish a UBI trial in Wales;
b)
to lobby the UK Government for funding to establish a Wales-wide UBI.
Supporters:
Adam
Price (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Alun
Davies (Blaenau Gwent)
Bethan
Sayed (South Wales West)
Dai
Lloyd (South Wales West)
Dawn
Bowden (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhumney)
Helen
Mary Jones (Mid and West Wales)
Huw
Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)
Jenny
Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
John
Griffiths (Newport East)
Leanne
Wood (Rhondda)
Mick
Antoniw (Pontypridd)
Mike
Hedges (Swansea East)
Rhianon
Passmore (Islwyn)
Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Business
Committee also agreed to schedule the following motion for debate on 14
October:
NNDM7304
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Suzy Davies (South Wales West)
Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Recognises the devastating impact of endometriosis which affects one in 10
women in Wales.
2. Notes
that it takes on average eight years and 26 GP appointments to get a
referral to an endometriosis specialist.
3.
Calls for more research into the causes and possible cures for endometriosis.
4. Calls
on the Welsh Government to ensure that schools make all pupils aware of what is
a normal menstrual period and when to seek medical advice.
5.
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that more endometriosis specialists are
trained so that all women can have access to specialist treatment in Wales.
Supporters:
Jack
Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside)
Meeting: 17/03/2020 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates - Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
As Business Managers agreed to postpone all
business aside from Topical Questions, there will be no Member Debate.
Meeting: 04/02/2020 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Managers agreed to select the following motion for debate on 12 February:
NNDM7263
Rhun ap Iorwerth
Co-submitters:
Angela Burns
Janet Finch-Saunders
Llyr Gruffydd
Sian Gwenllian
Neil Hamilton
Mike Hedges
Vikki Howells
Mark Isherwood
Delyth Jewell
Helen Mary Jones
Dai Lloyd
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes that more and more services are only available online.
2.
Recognises that not everyone has access to the internet.
3.
Recognises that not everyone is comfortable with using the internet.
4.
Calls on Welsh Government to:
a)
ensure there are offline alternatives to online public services, such as with
the bus pass renewal system; and
b)
discuss with banks, businesses and other organisations to make sure that
customers are not isolated if only online services are offered.
Supported
by:
Huw
Irranca-Davies
Suzy
Davies
Meeting: 03/12/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Managers considered the paper and selected the following motion for debate on
11 December:
NNDM7215
Helen
Mary Jones (Mid and West Wales)
Dai
Lloyd (South Wales West)
David
Rees (Aberavon)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the Royal College of Nursing Wales's report, Progress and Challenge: the
Implementation of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016.
2.
Notes more nurses leave the NHS than join.
3.
Calls on Welsh Government to set out how the Welsh NHS will increase the
opportunities for flexible working as part of a national nursing
retention strategy.
Progress and Challenge:
the Implementation of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016
They
also selected the following motion for debate on 22 January:
NNDM7211
Lynne
Neagle (Torfaen)
Dai
Lloyd (South Wales West)
David
Melding (South Wales Central)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Recognises that losing someone to suicide is a uniquely devastating loss for
families, friends and whole communities.
2.
Notes the limited support available in Wales to support those bereaved by
suicide.
3.
Notes that losing someone to suicide is a major risk factor for dying by
suicide and that support for those bereaved is a vital part of suicide
prevention.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to urgently ensure there is support for those
bereaved by suicide available across Wales as part of a comprehensive
postvention pathway for Wales. In doing so, the Welsh Government must ensure
that improvements to services and the new pathway are co-produced by those with
lived experience of suicide bereavement.
Supported
by:
Angela
Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
David
Rees (Aberavon)
Jack
Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside)
Jayne
Bryant (Newport West)
Joyce
Watson (Mid and West Wales)
Mark
Isherwood (North Wales)
Meeting: 19/11/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Managers selected the following motion for debate on 27 November:
NNDM7191
Lynne Neagle (Torfaen)
Dai Lloyd (South Wales West)
David Melding (South Wales Central)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Recognises that one in four people
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the UK do not survive the disease beyond a
month and three in four do not survive beyond a year, many because they were
not treated quickly enough.
2. Recognises in Wales there are around 500
new cases of pancreatic cancers every year, and that, in 2015, some 508 people
were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and in the same year some 451 people died
of the disease.
3. Recognises pancreatic cancer is the
deadliest common cancer with a dismal prognosis that has hardly changed in the
last 45 years.
4. Welcomes Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
(November) and the work Pancreatic Cancer UK does to promote awareness around
the lowest surviving and quickest killing cancer.
5. Calls on Welsh Government to take action to
improve survival rates for people with pancreatic cancer in Wales through:
a) faster treatment, by learning from
fast-track surgery models in England that have shown promising results;
b) earlier diagnosis, by learning from Rapid
Diagnostic Centres being rolled out in England and piloted by Swansea Bay
University Health Board and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board; and
c) holistic support, through timely dietary
and nutritional support to enable patients to better tolerate treatment.
Supported by:
Delyth Jewell (South Wales East)
Joyce Watson (Mid and West Wales)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales)
Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)
Neil McEvoy (South Wales Central)
Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley)
Meeting: 24/09/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Managers selected the following motion for debate on 2 October:
David
Rees
NNDM7143
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the rich and diverse network of historic industrial infrastructure across
Wales.
2.
Notes the economic, regeneration and integrated transport potential of
re-opening disused railway lines and tunnels across Wales.
3.
Recognises the practical and financial challenges of bringing such
infrastructure back into use.
4.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to seek ownership of such infrastructure which
would aid funding opportunities to be sought.
5.
Calls on the UK and Welsh Governments to play its part in exploring the
practical opportunities for re-opening such infrastructure across Wales.
Supported by:
Vikki
Howells
Leanne
Wood
Business Managers
also agreed to schedule the following motion for 23 October:
Sian Gwenllian
NNDM7144
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Calls on the Welsh Government to provide a progress report on its work to
tackle LGBT hate crime in Wales.
2.
Calls for the devolution of justice to ensure an integrated approach to
tackling LGBT hate crime and protect LGBT people in Wales.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to outline its proposals on how the creation of a
devolved Welsh justice system could promote the safety and wellbeing of LGBT
people.
Supported
by:
Mick Antoniw
Leanne Wood
Meeting: 11/06/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Managers selected the following motion for debate on 6 June:
NNDM7068
Sian
Gwenllian
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales calls on the Welsh Government to ensure
that the history of Wales is taught to every school pupil in Wales without
exception.
Supported
by:
Suzy
Davies
Meeting: 07/05/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
·
Business Managers selected the
following motion for debate on 15 May:
NNDM7002
Jenny Rathbone
Dai Lloyd
Joyce Watson
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Believes that healthy, nourishing school meals can make an essential
contribution to pupils’ wellbeing, attainment, and positive behaviour.
2.
Notes that this month’s Children’s Commissioner’s report A Charter for Change:
Protecting Welsh Children from the Impact of Poverty provides worrying evidence
that a significant number of pupils are not getting their entitlement set out
in the healthy eating in maintained schools guidance.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
clarify whether the standards of school meals are the responsibility of school
governors, local authorities or the Welsh Government and what action is being
taken to ensure they are being monitored; and
b)
outline what action is being taken to increase the amount of food for schools
being procured locally as part of its emphasis on the foundational economy.
A Charter for Change:
Protecting Welsh Children from the Impact of Poverty
Healthy eating in
maintained schools: Statutory guidance for local authorities and governing
bodies
Supported by:
Darren
Millar
David J
Rowlands
Mike Hedges
Russell
George
Vikki Howells
·
Business Managers also selected
the following motion for debate on 5 June:
NNDM7029
John
Griffiths
Dawn
Bowden
Mike
Hedges
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Calls on the Welsh Government to produce a tackling poverty strategy, with a
detailed budget and action plan for implementation.
2.
Calls on the First Minister to clarify the areas of responsibility for tackling
poverty within each ministerial portfolio.
3.
Acknowledges and drives accountability on progress made on the tackling poverty
agenda.
Supported by:
Jayne Bryant
Sian
Gwenllian
Vikki
Howells
Huw
Irranca-Davies
Mark
Isherwood
Dai Lloyd
Lynne Neagle
Jenny Rathbone
David Rees
David J Rowlands
Meeting: 19/03/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates - selection of motion for debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Member
Debate – selection of motion for debate
·
Business Managers selected the
following motion for debate on 27 March:
NNDM6990
Andrew RT Davies
NNDM6990
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes:
a)
the importance of rugby to the people of Wales, the economic benefits the game
delivers, and its special place in the fabric of communities across our nation;
b)
the financial and structural challenges currently facing rugby in Wales;
c)
the potential ramifications of the Welsh Rugby Union’s ‘Project Reset’ on
professional rugby and the regional structure in Wales, and on the additional
community and grassroots services the regions currently provide; and
d)
the strong concerns voiced by fans regarding a potential merger of the Ospreys
and Scarlets’ regions.
2.
Calls on the Welsh Government to work with the Welsh Rugby Union and regional/club
partners to protect rugby in Wales and develop a sustainable long-term model
for the game at a regional and grassroots level.
Supporters:
Huw
Irranca-Davies
Bethan Sayed
Mohammad
Ashgar
Jayne Bryant
Hefin David
Suzy Davies
Janet
Finch-Saunders
Mike Hedges
Dai Lloyd
Lynne Neagle
David Rees
Meeting: 29/01/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Member
Debate: selection of motion for debate
·
Business Managers selected the
following motion for debate on 6 February:
NNDM6950
David
Rees
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Welcomes the investments made by the Welsh Government to support a sustainable
future for the steel industry in Wales in recent years.
2.
Recognises the challenges facing the Welsh steel industry following the UK's
departure from the EU.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to continue supporting the Welsh steel sector
which is a key industry for the Welsh economy.
4.
Calls on the UK Government to address the high costs of energy facing the steel
sector in the UK in comparison to electricity costs in the EU.
Supporters:
Jayne
Bryant
Suzy
Davies
Russell
George
John
Griffiths
Huw
Irranca-Davies
Bethan
Sayed
Caroline
Jones
Dawn
Bowden
Mike
Hedges
Vikki
Howells
Jack
Sargeant
Dawn
Bowden
Alun
Davies
Mike
Hedges
Vikki
Howells
·
Business Managers agreed to
schedule the next Members Debate on 20 February and selected the following
motion for debate:
NNDM6947
Huw
Irranca-Davies
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes that:
a)
young people in Wales have some of the lowest levels of physical activity in
the United Kingdom, contributing to rising levels of obesity and associated
health issues such as diabetes 2;
b)
several communities in Wales suffer from illegally high levels of air
pollution, with one community experiencing the worst air quality outside
London;
c)
congestion on the roads is estimated to cost the Welsh economy £2bn every year;
d)
targets for carbon emissions from transport in Wales have consistently not been
met;
e)
levels of walking and cycling in Wales are in decline, with falling levels of
active travel to school being a particular concern; and
f)
each of these issues could be ameliorated if the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013
was effectively implemented.
2.
Calls on the Welsh Government to refresh its ambition for active travel in
Wales by producing a comprehensive active travel strategy including ambitious
targets and a detailed plan for long term investment in active travel
infrastructure.
Active
Travel (Wales) Act 2013
Supporters:
Dai
Lloyd
Russell
George
Vikki
Howells
Neil
McEvoy
Jenny
Rathbone
Meeting: 15/01/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debate - Consideration of motions for debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
- Business
Managers selected the following motion for debate on 23 January:
NNDM6919
Bethan Sayed
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1) Notes that former
Allied Steel and Wire workers have still not received the full value of their
pensions, despite a compensation deal reached in 2007 with the former UK
Government and almost 14 years after a change in UK law.
2) Notes that under a
compensation deal reached in 2007 with the former UK Government, workers were
promised the same treatment as workers and pension scheme holders under the
Pension Protection Fund and Financial Assistance Scheme.
3) Notes that under law
changes since 2004, workers under the Pension Protection Fund and Financial
Assistance Scheme are entitled to be paid up to 90 percent of their pension
contribution value. However, contributions paid in prior to 1997 are not
inflation proofed.
4) Regrets the financial
hardship this has caused to former ASW workers in Wales.
5) Calls on the UK
Government to honour the spirit of the commitments the previous UK Government
gave to ASW workers in Wales.
Supporters:
Andrew RT Davies
Mike Hedges
Helen Mary Jones
Leanne
Wood
- Business
Managers agreed to schedule the next Member Debate on 6 February.
Meeting: 04/12/2018 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Member Debates: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
·
Business Managers selected the
following motion for debate on 12 December:
NNDM6860
Jane Hutt
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales
1.
Notes the report by Cardiff Business School, 'The Living Wage Employer
Experience'.
2.
Welcomes the action taken by 174 employers across the public, private and third
sectors in Wales to pay their employees the real living wage.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
identify measures to support more employers in the public, private and third
sectors to adopt the real living wage and become accredited real living wage
employers; and
b)
consider strengthening the Code of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply
Chains in relation to the real living wage.
The
Living Wage Employer Experience
The
Code of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains
Supporters:
Rhun Ap Iorwerth,
Dawn Bowden,
Jayne Bryant,
Hefin David,
Mike Hedges,
Helen Mary Jones,
Julie Morgan,
Rhianon Passmore,
David Rees,
Mick Antoniw,
John Griffiths,
Vikki Howells,
Mark Isherwood,
Jenny Rathbone
·
Business Managers agreed to
schedule the next Member Debate in the New Year.
Meeting: 16/05/2017 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Individual Member Debate: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business
Committee selected two motions for debate – one on 24 May, the other on 14
June.
Wednesday 24 May:
NNDM6311
Julie Morgan (Cardiff
North)
Hefin David (Caerphilly)
Dai Lloyd (South West
Wales)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West
and South Pembrokeshire)
Mark Isherwood (North
Wales)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Congratulates the staff in the NHS in Wales for treating and curing an
unprecedented number of patients with Hepatitis C.
2.
Calls on the Welsh Government to confirm their commitment to the World Health
Organisation eradication date of 2030.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to consider new operational guidelines to support
the NHS to work towards the eradication of Hepatitis C in Wales.
Wednesday 14 June:
NNDM6283
Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore)
Jeremy Miles (Neath)
To
propose the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the £217 million Welsh Government investment over the last 5 years and
further commitment of £104 million for the next 4 years to improve home energy
efficiency and tackle fuel poverty.
2.
Further notes that investment in home energy efficiency needs to be
dramatically scaled-up if Wales is to achieve its aims around decarbonisation
and reducing fuel poverty.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to consider a broader range of investment
approaches for energy efficiency including innovative finance, putting public
sector pensions to good use, and tapping into private sector funding.
4.
Notes the proposal to establish a National Infrastructure Commission for Wales
and calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that the long-term energy
infrastructure needs of Wales and the opportunities for energy efficiency are
included within its remit.
5.
Believes that such investment would dramatically boost efforts to tackle fuel
poverty in some of our older homes, providing warm and cosy homes, improving
the health and well-being of all and particularly the vulnerable.
6.
Further believes this would help tackle climate change, reducing the carbon
emissions through energy efficiency, reducing energy consumption and reducing
the number of new power stations we need to build.
7.
Recognises the potential for economic growth, creating many thousands of jobs
in every community throughout every part of Wales.
Meeting: 02/05/2017 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Individual Member Debate Selection of Motion for Debate
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Minutes:
Business Committee selected
a motion for debate on 10 May.
Wednesday 10 May 2017 –
NNDM6288
Mike Hedges
(Swansea East)
Steffan Lewis (South Wales East)
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North)
Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that policing is a devolved matter in Scotland an in Northern
Ireland.
2. Calls for the devolution of policing to Wales.
3. Believes that
specialist policing matters such as counter-terrorism are best co-ordinated at
a UK level.
Business Managers agreed to schedule the next Individual Member Debate
for 24 May.
Meeting: 14/03/2017 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Individual Member Debate: Selection of Motion
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
Business Committee selected
2 motions for debate: the first on 22 March, the second on 5 April.
Wednesday 22 March 2017 –
·
NNDM6259
Jeremy Miles (Neath)
Lee Waters (Llanelli)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Jayne Bryant (Newport West)
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes that Wales benefits from a long
coast line and the second highest tidal reach in the world.
2. Further notes that economic activity
related to the sea is already valued at around £2.1bn in Wales, supporting tens
of thousands of jobs.
3. Believes that a strategic commitment to
the blue economy will enable Wales to turn our seas into one of our biggest
economic assets.
4. Further believes that Wales can be a
leader in marine renewable energy, tourism and sport, fishing, food and
aquaculture, and marine manufacturing and engineering.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward
an ambitious Marine Plan to support the sustainable development of the blue
economy and to make it a central plank of its new economic strategy.
Wednesday 5 April 2017 –
- NNDM6260
Lee Waters (Llanelli)
Jeremy Miles (Neath)
Hefin David (Caerphilly)
Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley)
David Melding (South Wales Central)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that the commonly-termed 'fourth industrial revolution' presents both
challenges and opportunities to Wales' economy.
2. Notes that an estimated 700,000 jobs are at risk in Wales over the next two
decades as a result of automation.
3. Believes that Wales has existing expertise that offers competitive advantage
in emerging growth industries.
4. Recognises that, to capitalise on these emerging industries, we need to
focus on rapid, agile approaches which adapt easily to changed circumstances.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to revisit the Innovation Wales Strategy with
a view to ensuring it reflects the scale and scope of the disruption we face,
and commits to a strategic review of opportunities in emerging, high-growth
sectors, where Wales has the potential to establish early market dominance as
part of its work on developing a new economic strategy.
Meeting: 17/01/2017 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Individual Member Debate: Selection of Motion
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 53
Minutes:
Business Committee selected
3 motions for debate: the first on 25 January, the second on 15 February, and
the third on a date to be confirmed following half term.
Wednesday 25 January 2016
- NNDM6191
Julie Morgan (Cardiff
North)
Dai Lloyd (South Wales
West)
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Mark Isherwood (North
Wales)
Hefin David (Caerphilly)
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff
Central)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Calls on the UK Government to hold a full
public inquiry into the contaminated blood tragedy of the 1970s and 1980s.
2. Notes that 70 people in Wales have died
from HIV and Hepatitis C acquired when they received contaminated blood or
blood products and others are still living with these diseases.
3. Acknowledges that bereaved relatives are
living with the consequences of this tragedy.
4. Notes that, in March 2015, the UK
Government apologised to people infected by contaminated blood treatment and
further notes that the affected families have never received full answers about
how this was allowed to happen and are still campaigning for justice.
Wednesday 15 February 2017
- NNDM6204
Hannah Blythyn (Delyn)
Jeremy Miles (Neath)
Suzy Davies (South Wales
West)
Adam Price (Carmarthen East
and Dinefwr)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that February is LGBT History Month, an
annual opportunity to promote diversity and equality across Wales.
2. Further notes the contribution that LGBT plus
people have made to our communities and country.
3. Recognises the role
played by Welsh LGBT icons and straight allies in Wales as illustrated in this
month's LGBT icons and allies exhibition in the Senedd.
4. Welcomes the progress
made in the past few decades on LGBT rights and acceptance.
5. Believes that vigilance
is needed to ensure that LGBT plus rights are protected.
6. Takes the lead in
continuing to progress equality and challenging discrimination and division,
ensuring Wales is a welcoming nation for LGBT plus people.
Following half term (date
to be confirmed)
- NNDM6210
Lee Waters
Jeremy Miles
Vikki Howells
Hefin David
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that
approximately 40 per cent of the workforce is employed in the 'Foundational
Economy' supplying essential goods and services such as: infrastructures; utilities;
food processing, retailing and distribution; and health, education and care.
2. Recognises that these
sectors are often more resilient to external economic shocks and have
considerable potential to generate greater local value from the provision of
localised goods and services.
3. Regrets that many of
the sectors within the Foundation Economy are marked by low paid and insecure
jobs
4. Calls on the Welsh
Government to develop a strategy to maximise the impact of the 'Foundational
Economy' across Wales as part of its work on developing a new economic
strategy, including measures to improve employment conditions in those sectors.
Meeting: 15/11/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Individual Member Debate: Selection of Motion
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 56
Minutes:
Business Committee selected
the 2 motions for debate.
Wednesday 23 November 2016
o
NNDM6143
Lee Waters (Llanelli)
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
To propose that the National
Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the enormous
potential benefits of the application of ‘big data’ in agriculture.
2. Notes the growth in
research and development in precision agriculture as a way of increasing
yields, maximising the use of scarce resources and minimising the use of
harmful chemicals.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to develop a
strategy to put Wales at the forefront of the development of precision
agriculture.
Wednesday 7 December 2016
o NNDM6144
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Dai Lloyd (South West Wales)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
Notes that
a) levels of
obesity across Wales continue to rise and is more prevalent amongst poorer
communities;
b) changing
people’s eating habits is complicated and involves a combination of good food
availability, affordability and cookery skills;
c) the Active
Travel (Wales) Act 2013 has yet to impact significantly on the amount of
exercise people undertake;
d) declining rates
of smoking have only been achieved through decades of education and tough
government action, and took place against the tobacco industry’s efforts to
deny the science and block government action; and
e) a combination of
education, legislation and public procurement is required to tackle a growing
public health problem.
Meeting: 01/11/2016 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
Individual Member Debate: Selection of Motion for Debate
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 59
Minutes:
Business Committee selected
the following motion for debate.
Wednesday 9 November
o NNDM6122
Simon Thomas (Mid and West
Wales)
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)
Vikki Howells (Cynon
Valley)
Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
David Melding (South Wales
Central)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Welcomes the State of Nature Wales 2016 Report
2. Commends the work of the conservation and research organisations who
have produced the report
3. Is concerned by the findings which state that:
(a) 56 per cent of species studied have declined across the UK over the
last 50 years
(b) In Wales, one in 14 species is heading for extinction
(c) 57 per cent of wild plants, 60 per cent of butterflies and 40 per
cent of birds are in decline
(d) More than one third of (known) marine vertebrate and plant life has
diminished, with three quarters of marine invertebrates declining across the
UK.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government and public bodies to ensure that
reversing the decline in our biodiversity is at the heart of sustainable
management policies.
Business Committee agreed
that the next individual Member debate should be on Wednesday 23 November 2016.