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Transcript: Transcript for 19/10/2016 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd
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(10 mins) |
The 50th Anniversary of the Aberfan Disaster Minutes: The
item started at 13.30 The
Assembly commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster which took
place on 21 October 1966. The Llywydd called Dawn Bowden AM (Merthyr Tydfil and
Rhymney), the First Minister, and other party leaders to make contributions,
before leading the Assembly in observing a minute’s silence. |
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government The
Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice
to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2. Supporting documents: Minutes: The
item started at 13.48 The
first 9 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople
to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2. |
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(10 mins) |
Questions to the Assembly Commission Minutes: The
item started at 14.36 Both
questions were asked. |
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(30 mins) |
Statement by the Chair of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee on the Committee's Forward Work Programme including Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Children Minutes: The
item started at 14.41 |
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Motions to elect Members to Committees The item started at 15.27 NDM6124 Elin Jones (Ceredigion): To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 17.3 and 17.13(ii),
elects Dai Lloyd (Plaid Cymru) as a Member of the Constitutional and
Legislative Affairs Committee. NDM6125 Elin Jones (Ceredigion): To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 17.3 and
17.13(ii), elects; 1. Llyr Gruffydd
(Plaid Cymru) as a Member of the Standards of Conduct Committee, and 2. Adam Price
(Plaid Cymru) as an alternate member of the Standards of Conduct Committee. The motions were agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36. |
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(60 mins) |
Plaid Cymru debate NDM6121
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn) To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes the importance
of good local government in contributing towards the local economy, health
service and educational outcomes. 2. Regrets that
too many public services have been "poor and patchy" and
characterised by a "poverty of ambition", as described by the Williams
Commission. 3. Calls on the
Welsh Government to: (a) increase
accountability of local government through electoral reform and lowering the
voting age to 16; (b) examine the
way in which local government finance can be reformed to ensure a fairer and
more sustainable system; (c) introduce a
nationally decided set of pay scales, terms and conditions to control senior
and chief officer pay through a national framework; and (d) establish
regional combined authorities as part of the Welsh Government's local
government reform for improved regional cooperation between existing local
authorities. The
following amendments were tabled: Amendment
1. Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire): Delete point 3
and replace with: Calls on the
Welsh Government to: (a) examine the
way in which local government is financed, to ensure that rural authorities
receive fair funding equivalent to all communities across Wales; and (b) increase
transparency in local authority senior staff budgeting to ensure that executive
officer pay is sustainable and cost effective for council tax payers, and not
to the detriment of the delivery of local services. [If
amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected] Amendment
2. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan): 3. Calls on the
Welsh Government to: (a) increase
accountability of local government through electoral arrangements and lowering
the voting age to 16; (b) examine the
way in which local government finance can be reformed to ensure a fairer and
more sustainable system; (c) continue to
examine the case for a nationally decided set of pay scales, terms and
conditions to control senior and chief officer pay through a national
framework; and (d) establish
regional arrangements as part of the Welsh Government's local government reform
for improved regional cooperation between existing local authorities. Minutes: The
item started at 15.27 Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time. A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment: NDM6121 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes the importance of good local government in
contributing towards the local economy, health service and educational
outcomes. 2. Regrets that too many public services have been
"poor and patchy" and characterised by a "poverty of
ambition", as described by the Williams Commission. 3. Calls on the Welsh Government to: (a) increase accountability of local government
through electoral reform and lowering the voting age to 16; (b) examine the way in which local government
finance can be reformed to ensure a fairer and more sustainable system; (c) introduce a nationally decided set of pay
scales, terms and conditions to control senior and chief officer pay through a
national framework; and (d) establish regional combined authorities as part
of the Welsh Government's local government reform for improved regional
cooperation between existing local authorities.
The
motion without amendment was not agreed. The following amendments were tabled: Amendment 1. Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire): Delete
point 3 and replace with: Calls
on the Welsh Government to: (a)
examine the way in which local government is financed, to ensure that rural
authorities receive fair funding equivalent to all communities across Wales;
and (b)
increase transparency in local authority senior staff budgeting to ensure that
executive officer pay is sustainable and cost effective for council tax payers,
and not to the detriment of the delivery of local services. A vote was
taken on Amendment 1:
Amendment
1 was not agreed. Amendment 2. Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan): Delete
point 3 and replace with: 3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to: (a)
increase accountability of local government through electoral arrangements and
lowering the voting age to 16; (b)
examine the way in which local government finance can be reformed to ensure a
fairer and more sustainable system; (c)
continue to examine the case for a nationally decided set of pay scales, terms
and conditions to control senior and chief officer pay through a national
framework; and (d)
establish regional arrangements as part of the Welsh Government's local
government reform for improved regional cooperation between existing local
authorities. A vote was
taken on Amendment 2:
Amendment
2 was agreed. A vote was taken on the motion as amended: NDM6121 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes the importance of good local government in
contributing towards the local economy, health service and educational
outcomes. 2. Regrets that too many public services have been
"poor and patchy" and characterised by a "poverty of
ambition", as described by the Williams Commission. 3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to: (a)
increase accountability of local government through electoral arrangements and
lowering the voting age to 16; (b)
examine the way in which local government finance can be reformed to ensure a
fairer and more sustainable system; (c)
continue to examine the case for a nationally decided set of pay scales, terms
and conditions to control senior and chief officer pay through a national
framework; and (d)
establish regional arrangements as part of the Welsh Government's local
government reform for improved regional cooperation between existing local
authorities.
The
motion as amended was agreed. |
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(60 mins) |
Welsh Conservatives debate NDM6120 To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales: Resolves to
establish a youth parliament for Wales. Minutes: The
item started at 16.30 NDM6120 To propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Resolves to establish a youth parliament for Wales. The motion was agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36. |
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(60 mins) |
Debate on the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee's report on its inquiry on the UK Government's Wales Bill NDM6119
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Notes
the report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on its inquiry
on the UK Government's Wales Bill, laid in the
Table Office on 6 October 2016. Minutes: The
item started at 17.23 NDM6119 Huw Irranca-Davies
(Ogmore) To propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Notes the report of the Constitutional and
Legislative Affairs Committee on its inquiry on the UK Government's Wales
Bill, laid in
the Table Office on 6 October 2016. The motion was agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36. |
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Voting time Minutes: The
item started at 18.10 |
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Votes Summary Supporting documents: |
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(30 mins) |
Short Debate NDM6118
Neil McEvoy (South Wales Central) Minutes: The
item started at 18.12 NDM6118 Neil McEvoy (South
Wales Central) Bringing
lobbying in Wales out into the open. |