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Transcript: Transcript for 11/12/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd
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Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs The
Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice
after Question 2. Supporting documents: Minutes: The
item started at 13.30 Questions
1-4 and 6-9 were asked. Question 5 was transferred for written answer. Questions
10 and 12 were not asked. Question 11 was withdrawn. The Presiding Officer
invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister after question 2. |
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government The
Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice
after Question 2. Minutes: The
item started at 14.08 The
first 9 questions were asked. Question 3 was answered by the Deputy Minister
for Housing and Local Government. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople
to ask questions to the Minister after question 2. |
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Topical Questions No Topical
Questions were received Minutes: No
Topical Questions were received |
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(5 mins) |
90 Second Statements Minutes: The
item started at 14.52 Helen
Mary Jones made a statement on supporting an event being held at the Urdd City
Sleepover in Cardiff Bay on the 18th and 19th of December. Suzy
Davies made a statement on the 40th Anniversary of the adoption of the UN
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW). Caroline
Jones made a statement on the Cwm Brombil Women’s Institute. |
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(0 mins) |
Motion to annul The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Specified Information) (Wales) Regulations 2019 - WITHDRAWN NDM7209 David
Melding (South Wales Central) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales
in accordance with Standing Order 27.2: Agrees that The Renting Homes (Fees etc.)
(Specified Information) (Wales) Regulations 2019, laid before the Assembly on 15 November 2019,
be annulled. Minutes: The item was withdrawn |
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(60 mins) |
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Nurse Staffing Levels NDM7215 Helen
Mary Jones (Mid and West Wales) 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 Supporter Minutes: NDM7215 Helen Mary Jones (Mid and West Wales) 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. The result was as follows:
The motion was agreed. |
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(60 mins) |
Debate on the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee report - Access to Banking NDM7219 Russell
George (Montgomeryshire) The National Assembly for Wales: Notes the report of the Economy, Infrastructure
and Skills Committee on its Inquiry into: Access to Banking which was laid in the Table Office on 17 October 2019. Note: The response by the Welsh Government
was laid on 4 December 2019. Minutes: The item started at 15.34 NDM7219 Russell George
(Montgomeryshire) The National Assembly for Wales: Notes the report of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee on
its Inquiry into: Access to Banking which was laid in the Table
Office on 17 October 2019. The motion was
agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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Welsh Conservatives debate - School Education NDM7218 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales: 1. Notes the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development’s 2018 PISA results. 2. Regrets that: a) there has been no statistically
significant improvement in Wales’s PISA scores in reading and maths since 2006; b) Wales’s science scores are significantly
worse than in 2006; c) Wales is ranked bottom of the UK nations
in reading, maths and science; d) Wales is the only UK nation to score
below the OECD average in all PISA measures. 3. Calls upon the Welsh Government to: a) acknowledge its failure to improve
education in Wales; b) apologise to pupils, parents and schools
for letting them down; c) guarantee that additional resources
arising from increased spending on schools by the UK Government will be
invested on schools in Wales. The following amendments have been tabled: Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower) Delete all after point 1 and replace with: Notes that Wales is the only UK nation to
improve in each domain. Welcomes: a) Wales’s best ever scores in reading and
maths, and improvement in science; b) a reduction in the gap between our most
disadvantaged learners and their peers; c) the improvement in performance of high
performing students. Believes the improvement in PISA scores is
testament to the hard work of teachers and pupils across Wales. [If Amendment 1 is agreed amendment 2 will
be de-selected] Amendment 2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) Delete point 3 and replace with: Calls on the Welsh Government to: a) continue along the path of revising the
new curriculum and allowing it to take root as part of efforts to raise
standards; b) guarantee that the necessary resources
are available to schools in order to improve working conditions for teachers
and attract more new teachers to the profession. Minutes: The item started at 16.35 Voting on the motion and
amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time. A vote was taken on the
motion without amendment: NDM7218 Darren Millar (Clwyd West) To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2018 PISA results. 2. Regrets that: a) there has been no
statistically significant improvement in Wales’s PISA scores in reading and
maths since 2006; b) Wales’s science scores
are significantly worse than in 2006; c) Wales is ranked bottom
of the UK nations in reading, maths and science; d) Wales is the only UK
nation to score below the OECD average in all PISA measures. 3. Calls upon the Welsh Government
to: a) acknowledge its failure
to improve education in Wales; b) apologise to pupils,
parents and schools for letting them down; c) guarantee that
additional resources arising from increased spending on schools by the UK
Government will be invested on schools in Wales.
The motion without amendment was not agreed. The following amendments
were tabled: Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower) Delete all after point 1 and replace with: Notes that Wales is the only UK nation to improve in each domain. Welcomes: a) Wales’s best ever scores in reading and maths, and improvement in
science; b) a reduction in the gap between our most disadvantaged learners and
their peers; c) the improvement in performance of high performing students. Believes the improvement in PISA scores is testament to the hard work of
teachers and pupils across Wales. A vote was taken on amendment 1:
Amendment 1 was agreed. As Amendment 1 was agreed amendment 2 was de-selected A vote was taken on the
motion as amended: NDM7218 Darren Millar (Clwyd West) To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 2018 PISA results. 2. Notes that Wales is the only UK nation to improve in each domain. 3. Welcomes: a) Wales’s best ever scores in reading and maths, and improvement in
science; b) a reduction in the gap between our most disadvantaged learners and
their peers; c) the improvement in performance of high performing students. 4. Believes the improvement in PISA scores is testament to the hard work
of teachers and pupils across Wales.
The motion as amended was agreed. |
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Voting Time Minutes: The item started at 17.32 |
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Votes Summary Supporting documents: |
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(30 mins) |
Short Debate Minutes: The item started at 17.35 NDM7220 Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley) Meeting the care challenges of the twenty
first century. |