Agenda and minutes

This meeting was held in a hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others joining by video-conference.

The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.

View Questions

The item started at 13.30

Questions 1-7 and 9 were asked. Question 8 was withdrawn. Question 3 was answered by the Minister for Social Partnership. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary after question 2.

The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.

View Questions

The item started at 14.15

Questions 1-4, 6-9 and 11 were asked. Question 5 was withdrawn. Question 10 was not asked. Question 1 was answered by the Minister for Mental Health and Early Years. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary and the Minister for Social Care after question 2.

To ask the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice

Sioned Williams (South Wales West): Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the recent events at HMP Parc?

The item started at 15.02

Answered by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice

Sioned Williams (South Wales West):  Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the recent events at HMP Parc?

The item started at 15.12

Peter Fox made a statement on - Tribute to Rob Burrow, former rugby league player and MND campaigner

James Evans made a statement on - 80 years since the D-Day landings (6 June).

NDM8592 Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee report, ‘Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales: 2023’, laid on 16 April 2024.

Notes: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 23 May 2024. The National Infrastructure Commission for Wales responded on 15 May 2024.

The item started at 15.15

NDM8592 Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee report, ‘Annual scrutiny of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales: 2023’, laid on 16 April 2024.

Notes: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 23 May 2024. The National Infrastructure Commission for Wales responded on 15 May 2024.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

NDM8593 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Recognises the genuine public concern over the First Minister accepting a £200,000 donation for his Labour leadership campaign from a company owned by an individual who has two environmental criminal convictions, and regrets the poor judgement shown by the First Minister in accepting this donation, and his failure to repay it.

2. Regrets the publication of Welsh Government ministerial messages where the First Minister states his intention to delete messages that could have later been helpful to the COVID inquiry in its deliberations around decision making at the time of the COVID pandemic, despite the First Minister telling the UK COVID inquiry that he didn’t delete any messages.

3. Notes the dismissal by the First Minister of the Minister for Social Partnership from his Government, regrets that the First Minister is unwilling to publish his supporting evidence for the dismissal, and notes the former Minister for Social Partnership’s strong denial of the accusations levelled against her.

4. For the above reasons, has no confidence in the First Minister.

The item started at 15.34

Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

A vote was taken on the motion:

NDM8593 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Recognises the genuine public concern over the First Minister accepting a £200,000 donation for his Labour leadership campaign from a company owned by an individual who has two environmental criminal convictions, and regrets the poor judgement shown by the First Minister in accepting this donation, and his failure to repay it.

2. Regrets the publication of Welsh Government ministerial messages where the First Minister states his intention to delete messages that could have later been helpful to the COVID inquiry in its deliberations around decision making at the time of the COVID pandemic, despite the First Minister telling the UK COVID inquiry that he didn’t delete any messages.

3. Notes the dismissal by the First Minister of the Minister for Social Partnership from his Government, regrets that the First Minister is unwilling to publish his supporting evidence for the dismissal, and notes the former Minister for Social Partnership’s strong denial of the accusations levelled against her.

4. For the above reasons, has no confidence in the First Minister.

The motion was agreed.

NDM8594 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

1.  Calls on the next UK government to allocate a fair share of HS2 funding to Wales.

The item started at 16.47

NDM8594 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

1.  Calls on the next UK government to allocate a fair share of HS2 funding to Wales.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

The item started at 17.24

NDM8591 Altaf Hussain (South Wales West)

Dis-jointed care: tackling joint and bone health in Wales.

The item started at 17.25

NDM8591 Altaf Hussain (South Wales West)

Dis-jointed care: tackling joint and bone health in Wales.