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Presiding Officer Statement The item started at
13.30 The Presiding
Officer announced in accordance with Standing Order 26.75, that the Renting
Homes (Wales) Bill and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales)
Bill were given Royal Assent on 18 January. |
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the First Minister The
Presiding Officer will call the Party Leaders to ask questions without notice
to the First Minister after Question 2. Supporting documents: Decision: The item started at 13.30 The first 5 questions were asked. The
Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the First Minister
after Question 2. |
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Urgent Question (10 mins) The
item started at 14.16 Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister make a statement on
claims by the head of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in Wales that no
A&E department in Wales had enough consultants to meet minimum RCEM staffing
levels last year? EAQ(4)0676(HSS) |
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(30 mins) |
Business Statement and Announcement Supporting documents: Decision: The item started at 14.30 |
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(45 mins) |
Statement by the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport: Tata Steel Decision: The item started at 14.47 |
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(30 mins) |
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Health: Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service Decision: The item started at 15.59 |
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(30 mins) |
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology: Apprenticeships Decision: The item started at 16.35 |
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(30 mins) |
Statement by the Minister for Public Services: Update on the Devolved Services Reform Agenda Decision: The item started at 17.19 |
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Statement by the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport: Recommendations and the future of the Blue Badges Scheme in Wales - Withdrawn -to be issued as a Written Statement Decision: This
item was withdrawn |
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(15 mins) |
The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 NDM5918
Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order
27.5: Approves
that the draft The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default
Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 is made in accordance with the
draft laid in the Table Office on 1 December 2015. Decision: The item started at
17.56 NDM5918 Jane Hutt
(Vale of Glamorgan) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5: Approves that the draft The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed
Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 is made
in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 1 December 2015. The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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(60 mins) |
Debate on the Annual Report on Equality 2014 - 2015 NDM5919
Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan) To propose the
National Assembly for Wales: Notes the
Annual Report on Equality 2014-2015. 'Annual
Report on Equality 2014-15' The
following amendments have been tabled: Amendment
1 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire) Add as new point
at end of motion: Calls on the
Welsh Government to ensure cuts to the Communities and Tackling Poverty budget
do not adversely affect progress in creating more cohesive and inclusive
communities in Wales. Amendment
2 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire) Add as new point
at end of motion: Notes with
concern the proposed cut of 68 per cent in core funding to Disability Wales. Amendment
3 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire) Add as new point
at end of motion: Notes that just
over three quarters of hate crimes reported to Welsh police forces in 2012-2013
were racially motivated. Amendment
4 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire) Add as new point
at end of motion: Regrets that only
13 per cent of Gypsy/Roma children and 17 per cent of looked-after children
achieved GCSEs at grades A*-C, in maths and either English or Welsh as a first
language in 2014. Amendment
5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add as new point
at end of motion: Calls on the
Minister to update the Assembly on her progress in improving gender dysphoria
services in Wales, and calls for an independent feasibility study into
establishing a gender identity clinic in Wales. Amendment
6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add as new point
at end of motion: Calls on the
Welsh Government to move to 'name blank' recruitment wherever possible in the
public sector so that people are judged on their true abilities to do a job. Decision: The item started at 17.59 NDM5919 Jane Hutt
(Vale of Glamorgan) To propose the National Assembly for Wales: Notes the Annual Report on Equality 2014-2015. The following amendments were tabled: Amendment 1 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire) Add as new point at
end of motion: Calls on the Welsh
Government to ensure cuts to the Communities and Tackling Poverty budget do not
adversely affect progress in creating more cohesive and inclusive communities
in Wales. Amendment 1 was
agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. Voting on the
motion and remaining amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time. Amendment 2 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire) Add as new point at
end of motion: Notes with concern
the proposed cut of 68 per cent in core funding to Disability Wales. A vote was taken on
Amendment 2:
As required by Standing
Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting
against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed. Amendment 3 - Paul
Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes that just over three quarters of hate crimes reported to Welsh
police forces in 2012-2013 were racially motivated. A vote was taken on
Amendment 3:
Amendment 3 was agreed. Amendment 4 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire) Add as new point at
end of motion: Regrets that only
13 per cent of Gypsy/Roma children and 17 per cent of looked-after children
achieved GCSEs at grades A*-C, in maths and either English or Welsh as a first
language in 2014. A vote was taken on
Amendment 4:
Amendment 4 was agreed. Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add as new point at
end of motion: Calls on the
Minister to update the Assembly on her progress in improving gender dysphoria services
in Wales, and calls for an independent feasibility study into establishing a
gender identity clinic in Wales. A vote was taken on
Amendment 5:
Amendment 5 was agreed. Amendment 6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add as new point at
end of motion: Calls on the Welsh
Government to move to 'name blank' recruitment wherever possible in the public
sector so that people are judged on their true abilities to do a job. A vote was taken on
Amendment 6:
Amendment 6 was agreed. A vote was taken on the motion as amended: NDM5919 Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan) To propose the National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes the Annual Report on Equality 2014-2015. 2. Calls on the Welsh
Government to ensure cuts to the Communities and Tackling Poverty budget do not
adversely affect progress in creating more cohesive and inclusive communities
in Wales. 3. Notes that just over three quarters of hate crimes reported to Welsh
police forces in 2012-2013 were racially motivated. 4. Regrets that
only 13 per cent of Gypsy/Roma children and 17 per cent of looked-after
children achieved GCSEs at grades A*-C, in maths and either English or Welsh as
a first language in 2014. 5. Calls on the
Minister to update the Assembly on her progress in improving gender dysphoria
services in Wales, and calls for an independent feasibility study into
establishing a gender identity clinic in Wales. 6. Calls on the Welsh
Government to move to 'name blank' recruitment wherever possible in the public
sector so that people are judged on their true abilities to do a job.
The motion as amended was agreed. |
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Voting Time Decision: The item started at 18.43 |
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