Agenda and minutes
Venue: Video Conference via Zoom
Contact: Aled Elwyn Jones
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions |
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Minutes of the previous meeting Minutes: The
minutes of last week’s meeting were agreed for publication |
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Organisation of Business |
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This Week's Business Minutes: Tuesday ·
Voting Time will take
place after the last item of business. ·
Plenary is unlikely to run
past 8.25pm. Wednesday ·
Voting Time will take
place before the Short Debates. ·
Plenary is unlikely to run
past 7.30pm. The
Trefnydd drew Business Managers’ attention to various changes to This Week’s
Business: ·
the addition of two motions to suspend Standing
Orders; ·
the addition of a statement by the Counsel
General on EU Transition; ·
the addition of a debate on The Health
Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (School Premises and Further Education
Institution Premises) (Wales) Regulations 2020; ·
the addition of a debate on The Health
Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 4) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations
2020; ·
the addition of a debate on The Public Health
(Protection from Eviction) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020; ·
the addition of a debate on new levels of
restrictions to respond to the coronavirus pandemic; ·
the statement by the Minister for Mental Health,
Well-being and Welsh Language: Publication of the national policy on Welsh
language transmission and use in families has been postponed until January
2021; ·
the debate on the Legislative Consent Motion on
the Trade Bill has been postponed. The Committee agreed that the order of Short Debates
scheduled for 16 December would be Andrew RT Davies first and Neil Hamilton
second. The Committee discussed the likelihood of a recall of
the Senedd taking place sometime between the end of term and 31 December to
consider matters related to EU exit, and agreed that any recall should take
place in a virtual format. |
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Three Week Timetable of Government Business Minutes: The
Trefnydd drew Business Managers’ attention to the following changes: Tuesday
12 January 2021 ·
The Health Protection
(Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (30 mins) ·
Tuesday
19 January 2021 ·
Motion to vary the order of consideration of
Stage 3 amendments to the Renting Homes (Amendment) (Wales) Bill (5 mins) Tuesday 26 January 2021 ·
Debate: Stage 3 of the Renting Homes
(Amendment) (Wales) Bill (180 mins) |
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Three Week Timetable of Senedd Business Minutes: Business
Committee agreed to schedule the following items of business. Wednesday
13 January 2021 – ·
Debate
on petitions P-05-1063 and P-05-1074: access to facilities for sport and physical activity during
lockdowns (60 mins)
Tuesday
20 January 2021 – ·
Debate
on petition P-05-1032 Legislate to prevent people from changing Welsh house
names (30 mins)
Wednesday
27 January 2021 – ·
Member
Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) (60 mins) ·
Time
allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins) ·
Time
allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins) |
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Legislation |
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Paper to note - The Public Health (Protection from Eviction) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 |
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Paper to note - The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 4) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 |
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Paper to note - The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (School Premises and Further Education Institution Premises) (Wales) Regulations 2020 Minutes: The
Committee noted the letters. The Committee also agreed to set a deadline
for 11 January for the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to
report on the No. 5 Coronavirus Regulations scheduled to be debated on 12
January. |
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The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2021 Minutes: The
Committee agreed to refer the proposed Order to the Legislation, Justice and
Constitution Committee in accordance with Standing Order 25.7(i) with a
reporting deadline of 14 January. |
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Committees |
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Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee Minutes: The
Committee agreed to schedule a ‘Debate on petitions concerning access to
facilities for sport and physical activity during lockdowns’ for 60 minutes on 13
January, taking the place of the previously scheduled debate: P-05-1032
Legislate to prevent people from changing Welsh house names, and rescheduling
that debate to 20 January 2020, and to re-order opposition debates accordingly. |
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Letter from the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee Minutes: The
Committee agreed to allow the Standards of Conduct Committee to arrange
meetings outside of their scheduled slot during the weeks commencing 25
January, 1 February and 8 February if necessary. |
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Standing Orders |
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Early Business Procedures |
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Recall Procedures |
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Reviewing Standing Orders in relation to political groups Minutes: The Committee agreed to seek
further views from their groups on these topics and report back during the
first additional meeting of the Business Committee in the new year. |