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Venue: Y Siambr - Y Senedd
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Transcript: Transcript for 17/01/2018 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs The
Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice
to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 3. Supporting documents: Minutes: The item started at
13.30 Questions 2–9 were
asked. Question 1 was withdrawn. Questions 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 were answered by
the Minister for Environment. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople
to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary and the Minister after question 3. |
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services The
Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople to ask questions without notice
to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2. Minutes: The item started at
14.16 The first 7
questions were asked. Questions 1, 2 and 7 were answered by the Minister for
Housing and Regeneration. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to
ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary and the Minister after question 2. |
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(20 mins) |
Topical Questions To ask the Cabinet
Secretary for Economy and Transport Russell George
(Montgomeryshire):
Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the Welsh Government's £2.5 million
investment in TVR? Minutes: The item started at
15.04 To ask the Cabinet
Secretary for Economy and Transport Russell George (Montgomeryshire): Will the Cabinet Secretary make a
statement on the Welsh Government's £2.5 million investment in TVR? |
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(5 mins) |
90 Second Statements Minutes: The item started at
15.19 Dawn Bowden made a
statement on the Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue. Vikki Howells made
a statement to mark the 23rd anniversary of the reopening of Tower
Colliery. Simon Thomas made a
statement on the Llŷn Coastal Bus. |
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Motion to elect a Member to a committee The item started at 15.23 NDM6630 Elin Jones (Ceredigion) To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 17.3, elects
Mandy Jones (Independent) as a Member of the Constitutional and Legislative
Affairs Committee. The motion was
agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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(30 mins) |
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal NDM6576 Steffan
Lewis (South Wales East) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Notes a proposal for a Welsh Continuation Bill. 2.
Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to affirm the continuation in
Welsh law of all areas previously a matter of EU law that fall within the
legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with
the Wales Act 2017. Supporters: Adam
Price (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) Minutes: The item started at 15.24 NDM6576 Steffan Lewis (South Wales East) To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes a proposal
for a Welsh Continuation Bill. 2. Notes that the
purpose of this Bill would be to affirm the continuation in Welsh law of all
areas previously a matter of EU law that fall within the legislative competence
of the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with the Wales Act 2017. The motion was
agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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(60 mins) |
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) NDM6565 Mark
Isherwood (North Wales) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Recognises that there is clinical evidence of the effectiveness of cannabis for
medicinal purposes. 2.
Recognises that, whilst Wales is the only nation in the UK where the
cannabinoid symptom management drug Sativex is available on the NHS, it is only
licensed for the treatment of spasticity and only then available to a small
group of people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) who meet the criteria. 3.
Believes that the Welsh Government should ask the UK Government to reschedule
cannabis for medicinal purposes; and, in preparation for this outcome, the
Welsh Government should map out within the Welsh NHS how a system whereby
cannabis for medicinal purposes could be made available via a prescription to
those who could benefit. 4.
Notes that: a)
many people living with conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Dystonia,
Epilepsy and Cancer in Wales use illegally obtained cannabis for medicinal
purposes but by doing so risk prosecution and are also being exposed to other
drugs; b)
the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Drug Policy Reform in the House of
Commons emphatically called on the UK Government to legalise medical cannabis
based on the results of their 7 month inquiry into the issue and on the
findings of an independent review of global evidence led by Professor Michael
P. Barnes; c)
there a growing number of countries which regulate the medical use of cannabis
and cannabis derivatives, such as Canada, the Netherlands, Israel and over 20
States in the US, who regulate herbal cannabis for medical use; d)
a number of countries, including Germany and Switzerland, enable patients to
import cannabis for medical use from the Netherlands; e)
the MS Society UK has changed its policy position to call on the UK Government
and health bodies to ‘develop a system that legalises cannabis for medicinal
use’ in light of positive evidence of the use of cannabis in treating pain and
spasticity; f)
Newport West MP Paul Flynn’s 10 minute rule bill on the legalisation of
cannabis for medicinal use was put through unopposed to the next reading on
23rd February 2018 on 10 October. Report
of the Inquiry of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform into
medicinal cannabis Minutes: The item started at 15.56 Voting
on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time. NDM6565 Mark Isherwood (North
Wales) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Recognises that there is clinical evidence of the effectiveness of cannabis for
medicinal purposes. 2.
Recognises that, whilst Wales is the only nation in the UK where the
cannabinoid symptom management drug Sativex is available on the NHS, it is only
licensed for the treatment of spasticity and only then available to a small
group of people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) who meet the criteria. 3.
Believes that the Welsh Government should ask the UK Government to reschedule
cannabis for medicinal purposes; and, in preparation for this outcome, the
Welsh Government should map out within the Welsh NHS how a system whereby
cannabis for medicinal purposes could be made available via a prescription to
those who could benefit. 4.
Notes that: a)
many people living with conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Dystonia,
Epilepsy and Cancer in Wales use illegally obtained cannabis for medicinal
purposes but by doing so risk prosecution and are also being exposed to other
drugs; b)
the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Drug Policy Reform in the House of
Commons emphatically called on the UK Government to legalise medical cannabis
based on the results of their 7 month inquiry into the issue and on the
findings of an independent review of global evidence led by Professor Michael
P. Barnes; c)
there a growing number of countries which regulate the medical use of cannabis
and cannabis derivatives, such as Canada, the Netherlands, Israel and over 20
States in the US, who regulate herbal cannabis for medical use; d)
a number of countries, including Germany and Switzerland, enable patients to
import cannabis for medical use from the Netherlands; e)
the MS Society UK has changed its policy position to call on the UK Government
and health bodies to ‘develop a system that legalises cannabis for medicinal
use’ in light of positive evidence of the use of cannabis in treating pain and
spasticity; f)
Newport West MP Paul Flynn’s 10 minute rule bill on the legalisation of
cannabis for medicinal use was put through unopposed to the next reading on
23rd February 2018 on 10 October.The result was as follows:
The
motion was agreed. |
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(60 mins) |
Debate on the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's report on Primary Care Clusters NDM6624 Dai
Lloyd (South Wales West) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Notes
the report of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on Primary Care
Clusters, which was laid
in the Table Office on 13 October 2017. Note:
The response of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services to the
report was laid
in the Table Office on 10 January 2018. Minutes: The item started at 16.48 NDM6624
Dai Lloyd (South Wales
West) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Notes
the report of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on Primary Care
Clusters, which was laid in the Table Office on 13
October 2017. Note:
The response of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services to the
report was laid in the Table Office on 10
January 2018. The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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Voting Time Minutes: The
item started at 17.41 |
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Votes Summary Supporting documents: |
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(30 mins) |
Short Debate NDM6625 Lee
Waters (Llanelli) The
robots are coming – Wales needs a plan for automation Minutes: The
item started at 17.42 NDM6625
Lee Waters (Llanelli) The
robots are coming - Wales needs a plan for automation |