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Transcript: Transcript for 21/01/2025 - Plenary

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(45 mins)

1.

Questions to the First Minister

The Presiding Officer will call Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the First Minister after Question 2.

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Minutes:

The item started at 13.30

The first 8 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the First Minister after question 2.

(45 mins)

2.

Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery

The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery after Question 2.

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Minutes:

The item started at 14.22

Questions 1-3 and 5-7 were asked. Questions 1 and 6 were grouped together for answer. Question 4 was withdrawn. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the Counsel General after question 2.

(30 mins)

3.

Business Statement and Announcement

Minutes:

The item started at 15.01

(45 mins)

4.

Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales

Minutes:

The item started at 15.29

(45 mins)

5.

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services

Minutes:

The item started at 16.17

(45 mins)

6.

Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Growing the Timber Industry in Wales: Jobs and Green Growth

Minutes:

The item started at 17.04

(45 mins)

7.

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Holocaust Memorial Day 2025

Minutes:

The item started at 17.34

(45 mins)

8.

Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Water interruption in Conwy

Minutes:

The item started at 18.17

(5 mins)

9.

The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025

NDM8790 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 10 December 2024.

Supporting Documents

Explanatory Memorandum

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Government response to the report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, 20 January 2025

Minutes:

The item started at 18.59

NDM8790 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 10 December 2024.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

(5 mins)

10.

The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Special Tax Sites Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2025

NDM8791 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Special Tax Sites Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2025 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 10 December 2024.

Supporting Documents

Explanatory Memorandum

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Minutes:

The item started at 19.05

NDM8791 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Special Tax Sites Relief) (Wales) Regulations 2025 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 10 December 2024.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

(15 mins)

11.

The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

NDM8789 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 laid in the Table Office on 10 December 2024.

Supporting Documents

Explanatory Memorandum

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Minutes:

The item started at 19.07

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

NDM8789 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 laid in the Table Office on 10 December 2024.

The result was as follows:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

37

0

10

47

The motion was agreed.

(5 mins)

12.

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025

NDM8792 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 3 December 2024.

Supporting Documents

Explanatory Memorandum

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Minutes:

The item started at 19.13

NDM8792 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 3 December 2024.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

(15 mins)

13.

Legislative Consent Motion: The Water (Special Measures) Bill

NDM8793 Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6 agrees that provisions in the Water (Special Measures) Bill, namely Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15, in so far as they fall within the legislative competence of the Senedd, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

A Legislative Consent Memorandum was laid in Table Office on 18 September 2024, and Supplementary Legislative Consent Memoranda were laid in Table Office on 4 November27 November4 December 2024, and 10 January 2025 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2.

A copy of the Bill can be found on the UK Parliament website: Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.

Supporting Documents

Report of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, 20 January 2025

Letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, 14 January 2025

Minutes:

The item started at 19.16

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

NDM8793 Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6 agrees that provisions in the Water (Special Measures) Bill, namely Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15, in so far as they fall within the legislative competence of the Senedd, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

A Legislative Consent Memorandum was laid in Table Office on 18 September 2024, and Supplementary Legislative Consent Memoranda were laid in Table Office on 4 November27 November4 December 2024, and 10 January 2025 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2.

A copy of the Bill can be found on the UK Parliament website: Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.

The result was as follows:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

37

10

0

47

The motion was agreed.

(5 mins)

14.

Motion to vary the order of consideration of Stage 3 amendments to the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill

NDM8788 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 26.36:

Agrees to dispose of sections and schedules to the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill at Stage 3 in the following order:

a) Sections 2 - 13;

b) Section 1;

c) Sections 14 - 22;

d) Schedule 1;

e) Sections 24 - 25;

f) Schedule 2;

g) Section 26;

h) Section 23;

i) Sections 27 - 30;

j) Long title.

Minutes:

The item started at 19.48

NDM8788 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 26.36:

Agrees to dispose of sections and schedules to the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill at Stage 3 in the following order:

a) Sections 2 - 13;

b) Section 1;

c) Sections 14 - 22;

d) Schedule 1;

e) Sections 24 - 25;

f) Schedule 2;

g) Section 26;

h) Section 23;

i) Sections 27 - 30;

j) Long title.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

15.

Voting Time

Minutes:

The item started at 19.48

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