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Transcript: Transcript for 19/02/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd
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Presiding Officer Statement The Llywydd, on behalf of the Assembly, paid tribute to Paul Flynn, MP and expressed sympathy to his family, friends and colleagues. |
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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. The Deputy Minister and Chief Whip will answer
questions for the last 15 minutes of this session on matters relating to her
responsibilities. Minutes: 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. The item started at
14.21 The first 4
questions were asked. |
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(30 mins) |
Business Statement and Announcement Minutes: The item started at
14.44 |
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Statement by the First Minister: Latest developments in the UK Government's Brexit Negotiations Minutes: The item started at 15.22 |
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on the Transformation Fund Minutes: The item started at
16.00 |
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(45 mins) |
Statement by the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs: The Warm Homes Programme Minutes: The item started at 16.30 |
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(15 mins) |
The Household Waste Duty of Care (Fixed Penalties) (Wales) Regulations 2019 NDM6970 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales; in
accordance with Standing Order 27.5 1. Approves
that the draft The Household Waste Duty of Care (Fixed Penalties) (Wales)
Regulations 2019 is made in accordance with the draft laid
in the Table Office on 29 January 2019. Supporting Documents Minutes: The item started at 17.06 Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time. NDM6970 - Rebecca Evans (Gower) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales; in accordance with
Standing Order 27.5 1. Approves that the draft The Household Waste Duty of Care (Fixed
Penalties) (Wales) Regulations 2019 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 29 January
2019. The result was as follows:
The motion was agreed. |
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Debate: The Estyn Annual Report 2017-18 NDM6969 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes the Annual Report for 2017-18 of Her
Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales that was laid in
Table Office on 11 December 2018. 2. Welcomes that the “shift in culture towards a more
collaborative and self-improving system continues apace”. 3. Notes that standards are good or better in 8 in 10
primary schools, an increase on last year. 4. Notes that whilst standards remain good or better
in about half of secondary schools, variability remains a key challenge. Annual
Report for 2017-18 of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training
in Wales The following
amendments were tabled: Amendment 1 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West) Delete all and replace with: 1. Regrets the Annual Report for 2017-18 of Her
Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales’s findings that
for pupils in half of Wales’s secondary schools, a majority of pupils across
all age and ability ranges do not make enough progress. 2. Regrets that in half of schools, the majority
of pupils do not achieve in line with their abilities by the time they reach
the end of compulsory schooling. 3. Regrets the continuing fall in the number
of settings delivering education for 3 and 4 year olds. 4. Calls on the Welsh Government to explain
any internal audit processes it may have with regard to regional consortia and
to share the results of any internal or external audit that may have been
carried out since the publication of Estyn’s follow-up guidance for regional
consortia and inspectors in September 2017. Estyn
- Follow-up guidance for regional consortia and inspectors - September 2017 Amendment 2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes the continued dedication of teachers
and support staff in our schools as they work to improve standards and pupils'
attainment. Amendment 3 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes the Donaldson report on Estyn, A
Learning Inspectorate; an independent review of Estyn, that was published in
June 2018 and has not yet received a response from the Welsh Government. A
Learning Inspectorate: Independent review of Estyn - Graham Donaldson Amendment 4 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes the Cardiff University report 'Cut to
the Bone?' which confirms that school spending in 2017-18 was £324 less per
pupil in real terms than the corresponding figure in 2009-10. Amendment 5 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes ASCL Cymru's open letter and its
comments that there is a severe funding crisis in Welsh schools that is having
a detrimental effect on Wales's young people. Open
letter from ASCL Cymru to the Minister for Education Amendment 6 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to consider
fair funding from the budget that would lessen the current pressures that exist
on our schools. Minutes: The item started 17.11 Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until
Voting Time. NDM6969 - Rebecca Evans (Gower) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales: 1. Notes the Annual Report for 2017-18 of Her
Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales that was laid in
Table Office on 11 December 2018. 2. Welcomes that the “shift in culture towards
a more collaborative and self-improving system continues apace”. 3. Notes that standards are good or better in
8 in 10 primary schools, an increase on last year. 4. Notes that whilst standards remain good or
better in about half of secondary schools, variability remains a key challenge. The following
amendments were tabled: Amendment 1 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West) Delete all and replace with: 1. Regrets the Annual Report for 2017-18 of
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales’s findings
that for pupils in half of Wales’s secondary schools, a majority of pupils
across all age and ability ranges do not make enough progress. 2. Regrets that in half of schools, the
majority of pupils do not achieve in line with their abilities by the time they
reach the end of compulsory schooling. 3. Regrets the continuing fall in the number
of settings delivering education for 3 and 4 year olds. 4. Calls on the Welsh Government to explain
any internal audit processes it may have with regard to regional consortia and
to share the results of any internal or external audit that may have been
carried out since the publication of Estyn’s follow-up guidance for regional
consortia and inspectors in September 2017. A vote was taken on amendment 1:
Amendment 1 was not agreed. Amendment 2 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes the continued dedication of teachers and support staff in our
schools as they work to improve standards and pupils' attainment. A vote was taken on amendment 2:
Amendment 2 was agreed. Amendment 3 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes the Donaldson report on Estyn, A Learning Inspectorate; an independent
review of Estyn, that was published in June 2018 and has not yet received a
response from the Welsh Government. A vote was taken on amendment 3:
Amendment 3 was not agreed. Amendment 4 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes the Cardiff University report 'Cut to the
Bone?' which confirms that school spending in 2017-18 was £324 less per pupil
in real terms than the corresponding figure in 2009-10. A vote was taken on amendment 4:
Amendment 4 was not agreed. Amendment 5 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Notes ASCL Cymru's open letter and its
comments that there is a severe funding crisis in Welsh schools that is having
a detrimental effect on Wales's young people. A vote was taken on amendment 5:
Amendment 5 was not agreed. Amendment 6 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Add as new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to consider fair
funding from the budget that would lessen the current pressures that exist on
our schools. A vote was taken on amendment 6:
Amendment 6 was not agreed. A vote was taken on the
motion as amended: NDM6969 - Rebecca Evans (Gower) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales: 1. Notes the Annual Report for 2017-18 of Her
Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales that was laid in
Table Office on 11 December 2018. 2. Welcomes that the “shift in culture towards
a more collaborative and self-improving system continues apace”. 3. Notes that standards are good or better in
8 in 10 primary schools, an increase on last year. 4. Notes that whilst standards remain good or
better in about half of secondary schools, variability remains a key challenge. 5. Notes the continued dedication of teachers and support staff in our
schools as they work to improve standards and pupils' attainment.
The motion as amended was
agreed. |
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Voting Time Minutes: The item started at 17.43 |
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Votes Summary Supporting documents: |