Wednesday, 12 June 2024
The Senedd met in the Chamber and by video-conference at 13:30 with the Llywydd (Elin Jones) in the Chair.
Good afternoon and welcome to this Plenary meeting. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning are first this afternoon, and the first question is from Joyce Watson.
1. What is the Welsh Government doing to support town centres in Mid and West Wales? OQ61236
2. What plans does the Welsh Government have to use planning law to strengthen the protection of historic buildings? OQ61246
Questions now from the party spokespeople. Conservative spokesperson, Peter Fox.
3. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the number of houses in public and co-operative ownership being built in Wales? OQ61235
4. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the number of houses being built in South Wales East? OQ61232
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to help regenerate town centres in Pembrokeshire? OQ61223
6. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the challenges facing local authority budgets? OQ61244
7. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on progress in terms of reaching the Government’s target of delivering 20,000 homes for social rent by the end of this Senedd? OQ61245
8. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to ensure access to public libraries across South Wales Central? OQ61250
We'll move now to questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, and the first question is from Siân Gwenllian.
1. How is the Cabinet Secretary working with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to realise the aspects of the Dental Strategic Workforce Plan recently published by Health Education...
2. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on funding for school refurbishment in Aberconwy? OQ61227
Questions now from the party spokespeople. Tom Giffard.
3. Will the Cabinet Secretary outline the Welsh Government's plans to curb the use of mobile phones in schools? OQ61230
4. What guidance has the Welsh Government provided to schools following the Cass review? OQ61234
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to improve educational attainment? OQ61237
6. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the social value provided by the further education sector? OQ61249
7. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on her priorities for schools in Blaenau Gwent? OQ61257
8. What is the Welsh Government doing to improve the education system in Preseli Pembrokeshire? OQ61226
The next item will be the topical question. It's to be answered by the Cabinet Secretary for health and to be asked by Mabon ap Gwynfor.
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the Welsh Government's revised pay offer to BMA Cymru? TQ1107
Item 4 this afternoon is the 90-second statements, and the first statement is from Altaf Hussain.
Therefore I call on a member of the Business Committee to move formally the motions—Jane Hutt.
Item 5 this afternoon is the motion under Standing Order 10.5 to appoint the chair of the Wales Audit Office board, and I call on the Chair of the Finance Committee to move the...
Item 6 today is a debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report, 'Actions, not words: towards an anti-racist Wales by 2030'. I call on the committee Chair to move the...
The following amendments have been selected: amendment 1 in the name of Jane Hutt, and amendments 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the name of Heledd Fychan. If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2, 3 and 4 will...
The following amendments have been selected: amendment 1 in the name of Jane Hutt, and amendment 2 in the name of Darren Millar. If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be deselected.
The following amendments have been selected: amendment 1 in the name of Jane Hutt, and amendment 2 in the name of Darren Millar.
The first vote is on item 7, the Welsh Conservatives' debate on economic policy. I call for a vote on the motion without amendment. If the proposal is not agreed, we will vote on the amendments...
Will the Welsh Government revise its planning guidance to ensure that rural communities have a greater say in decisions that affect them?
How does the Curriculum for Wales encourage children to connect with the natural environment in their local community?
The Senedd, officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes laws for Wales, agrees certain taxes and scrutinises the Welsh Government. It is a bilingual institution, with both Welsh and English being the official languages of its business. From its creation in May 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the National Assembly for Wales (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru). – Wikipedia
