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Transcript: Transcript for 19/10/2022 - Plenary
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This
meeting will be held in a hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd
Chamber and others joining by video-conference. |
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople
to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2. Supporting documents: Minutes: The item started at
13.30 The first 9
questions were asked. Questions 2, 3 and 9 were answered by the Deputy Minister
for Climate Change. The Presiding Officer invited Party Spokespeople to ask
questions to the Minister after question 2. |
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Minister for Economy The Presiding Officer will call Party Spokespeople
to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2. Minutes: The item started at
14.24 The first 8
questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited Party Spokespeople to ask
questions to the Minister after question 2. |
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(5 mins) |
Motion to suspend Standing Orders The
item started at 15.12 NNDM8111 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham) To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Orders
33.6 and 33.8: Suspends Standing Order
12.20(i) and that part of Standing Order 11.16 that requires the weekly
announcement under Standing Order 11.11 to constitute the timetable for
business in Plenary for the following week, to allow NNDM8110 to be considered
in Plenary on Wednesday 19 October. The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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(45 mins) |
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Prices Bill NNDM8110 Julie James
(Swansea West) To propose that the Senedd: In accordance with Standing Order 29.6,
agrees that provisions in the Energy Prices Bill 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 October 2022 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2. Minutes: The
item started at 15.12 Voting on the motion under this item was deferred
until Voting Time. NNDM8110 Julie James (Swansea
West) To
propose that the Senedd: In
accordance with Standing Order 29.6, agrees that provisions in the Energy
Prices Bill 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 October 2022 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2. The
result was as follows:
The motion was agreed. |
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(0 mins) |
Topical Questions No
Topical Questions were received Minutes: No Topical
Questions were submitted. |
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(5 mins) |
90 Second Statements Minutes: The item started at
15.43 Jack Sargeant made
a statement on - Marking three decades of Toyota engine production on Deeside. John Griffiths made
a statement on - Love our Colleges Week (17-21 October). Laura Anne Jones
made a statement on - World Menopause Day (18 October). |
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(60 mins) |
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee report - Renewable energy in Wales NDM8102 Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales) To propose that the Senedd: Notes the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure
Committee report: ‘Renewable energy in Wales’, laid on 26 May
2022. Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 18 July 2022. Minutes: The item started at
15.39 NDM8102 Llyr
Gruffydd (North Wales) To propose that the Senedd: Notes the Climate Change, Environment and
Infrastructure Committee report: ‘Renewable energy in Wales’, laid on 26 May 2022. Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 18 July 2022. The motion was agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36. |
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(60 mins) |
Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration report - Care Home Commissioning NDM8104 Mark Isherwood (North Wales) To propose that the Senedd: Notes the report of the Public Accounts and
Public Administration Committee on its inquiry into Care Home
Commissioning, which was laid in the
Table Office on 1 September 2022. Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 12 October 2022. Minutes: The item started at 16.34 NDM8104 Mark Isherwood (North
Wales) To
propose that the Senedd: Notes
the report of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee on its
inquiry into Care Home Commissioning, which was laid in
the Table Office on 1 September 2022. Note:
The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in
the Table Office on 12 October 2022. The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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(30 mins) |
Debate on petition P-06-1294 - Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind NDM8103 Jack Sargeant (Alyn and
Deeside) To propose that the Senedd: Notes the petition ‘P-06-1294 Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind’ which received 14,106 signatures. Minutes: The item started at 17.17 NDM8103 Jack Sargeant (Alyn
and Deeside) To
propose that the Senedd: Notes
the petition ‘P-06-1294 Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales
behind’ which
received 14,106 signatures. The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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Welsh Conservatives Debate - Business rates NDM8105 Darren Millar (Clwyd West) To propose that the Senedd: 1. Regrets that Wales has the highest
business rates in Great Britain. 2. Calls on the Welsh
Government to take immediate action to reduce non-domestic rates to support
businesses and protect jobs. The following amendments have been tabled Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham) Delete all and replace with: 1. Notes the different non-domestic
rates tax base in Wales, with a larger proportion of small and medium-sized
businesses. 2. Welcomes: a) the non-domestic rates relief
Welsh Government provides to ratepayers every year, which means 44 per
cent pay no bills at all. b) the £116m of extra support for
retail, leisure and hospitality businesses this year to help them recover from
the pandemic, providing up to 50 per cent relief on their non-domestic
rates bills. c) that, as a combined result of these
reliefs, 70 per cent of non-domestic properties in Wales are receiving
support with their non-domestic rates bills in 2022-23. Amendment 2 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon) Add as new point at end of motion: Further calls on the Welsh Government to replace the current system of non-domestic rates with proposals for a new single land and property tax covering residential, commercial, and industrial land (with agricultural land remaining exempt). Minutes: The
item started at 17.44 Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred
until Voting Time. A vote was taken on the motion without amendment: NDM8105 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West) To propose that the Senedd: 1. Regrets that Wales has the highest business rates in Great
Britain. 2. Calls on the Welsh Government to take immediate action to
reduce non-domestic rates to support businesses and protect jobs.
The motion without amendment was not agreed. The following amendments were tabled: Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham) Delete all and replace with: 2. Welcomes: a) the
non-domestic rates relief Welsh Government provides to ratepayers every year,
which means 44 per cent pay no bills at all. b) the £116m
of extra support for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses this year to
help them recover from the pandemic, providing up to 50 per cent relief on
their non-domestic rates bills. c) that, as a combined result of these
reliefs, 70 per cent of non-domestic properties in Wales are receiving
support with their non-domestic rates bills in 2022-23. A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
Amendment 1 was agreed. Amendment 2 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon) Add as new point at end of motion: Further calls on
the Welsh Government to replace the current system of non-domestic rates with
proposals for a new single land and property tax covering residential,
commercial, and industrial land (with agricultural land remaining exempt). A vote
was taken on amendment 2:
Amendment 2 was not agreed. A vote was taken on the motion as amended: NDM8105 Darren Millar (Clwyd
West) 1. Notes the different non-domestic rates tax base in Wales,
with a larger proportion of small and medium-sized businesses. 2. Welcomes: a) the non-domestic rates relief Welsh Government provides
to ratepayers every year, which means 44 per cent pay no bills at all. b) the £116m of extra support for retail, leisure and hospitality
businesses this year to help them recover from the pandemic, providing up to
50 per cent relief on their non-domestic rates bills. c) that, as a combined result of these reliefs, 70 per cent
of non-domestic properties in Wales are receiving support with their
non-domestic rates bills in 2022-23.
The motion as amended was agreed. |
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Voting Time Minutes: In accordance with Standing
Order 12.44, at 18.18 the bell was rung and the meeting suspended until Voting
Time. The item started at
18.26 |
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Votes Summary Supporting documents: |
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(30 mins) |
Short Debate NDM8095 Altaf Hussain (South Wales
West) Living with cancer in Wales: improving access to prehabilitation and rehabilitation services Minutes: The item started at
18.28 NDM8095 Altaf Hussain (South Wales West) Living with cancer in Wales: improving
access to prehabilitation and rehabilitation
services. |