Tuesday, 18 March 2025
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 afternoon's Plenary meeting. The first item will be questions to the First Minister, and the first question is from Laura Anne Jones.
1. How is the Welsh Government supporting businesses in the defence sector in Wales? OQ62487
2. How is Welsh Government supporting plans to improve the health and well-being provision for Nantlle valley residents? OQ62472
Questions now from the party leaders. The leader of the Conservatives, Darren Millar.
3. What plans does the Welsh Government have to commission its own review of the water industry to assess the merits of bringing it into public ownership? OQ62486
4. What is the Welsh Government's vision for job coaching and supported employment? OQ62482
6. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to improve road connectivity in Denbighshire? OQ62465
7. What assessment has the First Minister made of the impact of Brexit on Pontypridd? OQ62457
8. Will the Welsh Government be formally responding to the Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities' report, 'Empowering communities, strengthening the Welsh language', published in August 2024?...
9. Will the First Minister provide an update on the oversight arrangements of companies that are wholly owned by the Welsh Government? OQ62483
10. How is the Welsh Government supporting communities affected by wind energy proposals in Brecon and Radnorshire? OQ62454
11. Will the First Minister make a statement on eye care services for children? OQ62488
Item 2 is the business statement and announcement, and I call on the Trefnydd, Jane Hutt, to make that statement.
The next item, therefore, will be the statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs on the flood and coastal erosion risk management programme...
Item 4 this afternoon is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS dental reform. And I call on the Cabinet Secretary to make the statement—Jeremy Miles.
The next item is a statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: the transformation programme for children's social services. I call on the Minister to make the...
Item 6 today is the debate on the second supplementary budget, and I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to move the motion—Mark Drakeford.
The following amendments have been selected: amendments 1 and 2 in the name of Paul Davies, and amendment 3 in the name of Heledd Fychan.
That brings us to voting time and, unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung, we will move directly to our first vote, and that vote is on item 6, the debate on the second supplementary...
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
