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Transcript: Transcript for 03/07/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Minister for Education The Presiding Officer will call party
spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 3. Supporting documents: Minutes: The item started at
13.30 Question 1 was
withdrawn. Questions 2 – 10 were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party
spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister after question 3. |
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services The Presiding Officer will call party
spokespeople to ask questions without notice after Question 2. Minutes: The item started at
14.17 Questions 1-2, 4-5
and 7-9 were asked. Questions 3 and 6 were withdrawn. Question 1 was answered
by the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Care. The Presiding Officer
invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister after question 2. |
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Topical Questions No
Topical Questions were accepted. Minutes: No Topical
Questions were accepted. |
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(5 mins) |
90 Second Statements Minutes: The item started at
15.02 Huw Irranca-Davies made a statement on Co-operative Fortnight which runs from 24 June – 7 July. Mike Hedges made a statement on the 50th Anniversary
of Swansea being made a city. John Griffiths made a statement celebrating Maindee Festival (6 July) a multi-cultural parade and
day-long celebration of diverse culture including music, dance, food and drink
and is an opportunity to bring different communities together and break down
barriers. |
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(30 mins) |
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal - Health Service Management NDM7102 Helen
Mary Jones (Mid and West Wales) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales: 1. Notes a proposal for a Bill on health
service management. 2. Notes that the purpose of the Bill would
be: a) to establish a professional body for NHS
managers in Wales to set core professional competencies for managers at all
levels, ensure the development of appropriate initial training programmes and
continuous professional development, and with the power to take sanctions
against managers for poor or unsafe performance; b)
to ensure true independence of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales; c)
to establish a legal duty of candour to apply to all health
professionals including managers; and d)
to establish a genuine, robust and transparent complaints system that
supports parents and families. Minutes: The item started at
15.07. Voting on the
motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time. NDM7102 Helen Mary Jones (Mid and West Wales) To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes a proposal
for a Bill on health service management. 2. Notes that the
purpose of the Bill would be: a) to establish a
professional body for NHS managers in Wales to set core professional
competencies for managers at all levels, ensure the development of appropriate
initial training programmes and continuous professional development, and with
the power to take sanctions against managers for poor or unsafe performance; b) to ensure true independence of Healthcare
Inspectorate Wales; c) to establish a legal duty of candour to apply
to all health professionals including managers; and d) to establish a genuine, robust and
transparent complaints system that supports parents and families. The result was as
follows:
The motion was agreed. |
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport At 15.36, with the
permission of the Deputy Presiding Officer, the Deputy Minister for Economy and
Transport made a short statement without notice about the fatal railway
accident earlier today when two rail workers died after being hit by a
passenger train between Port Talbot Parkway and Bridgend stations. The Deputy
Presiding Officer did not call any Members to ask questions on the statement. |
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(60 mins) |
Debate on the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee report - The Future Development of Transport for Wales NDM7108 Russell
George (Montgomeryshire) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales: Notes the report of the Economy,
Infrastructure and Skills Committee on its Inquiry: The Future Development of
Transport for Wales - which was laid in the Table Office on 2 May 2019. Note: The response by the Welsh Government
was laid on 12 June 2019. The response by Transport for Wales was laid on the 17 June 2019. Minutes: The
item started at 15.38. NDM7108 Russell George
(Montgomeryshire) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Notes
the report of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee on its Inquiry:
The Future Development of Transport for Wales - which was laid in the Table Office on 2
May 2019. Note:
The response by the Welsh Government was laid on 12 June 2019. The response by Transport for Wales was laid on the 17 June 2019. The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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(60 mins) |
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee report - Bacc to the Future: The status of the Welsh Baccalaureate qualification NDM7112 Lynne
Neagle (Torfaen) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales: Notes the Children, Young People and
Education Committee Report - Bacc to the Future: The status of the Welsh
Baccalaureate qualification, which was laid in the Table Office on 3 April 2019. Note: The response by the Welsh Government
was laid on 26 June 2019. Minutes: The item started at 16.27 NDM7112 Lynne Neagle (Torfaen) To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales: Notes the Children,
Young People and Education Committee Report - Bacc to the Future: The status of
the Welsh Baccalaureate qualification, which was laid in the Table
Office on 3 April 2019. The motion was
agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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Point of Order Hefin David raised
a point of order under Standing Order 13.10. He did not believe that Michelle
Brown had withdrawn her statement when asked to by the Deputy Presiding Officer.
He was also concerned that Michelle Brown’s contribution did not reflect the
views of the Committee, and that the Member was not listening when the
Committee Chair was responding to her points. The Deputy
Presiding Officer stated that the Member’s concerns were on the record, and
that Members have a right to use their time in debates and to make their
contributions as they see fit. The Deputy Presiding Officer further stated
that she did not want to start calling to order Members who aren’t listening. |
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(30 mins) |
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Sight Loss NDM7110 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales: 1. Notes that: a) there are currently 111,000 people
living with sight loss in Wales; b) the number of people with sight loss is
predicted to increase by 32 per cent by 2030 and double by 2050. 2. Welcomes the introduction of new
performance measures for eye care patients. 3. Regrets that 1 in 3 patients deemed to
be at high risk of losing their sight are waiting longer that their target
waiting time for ophthalmology appointments. 4. Calls on the Welsh Government to: a) robustly hold health boards to account
over their failure to meet eye care waiting time targets and implement its eye
care measures; b) develop a national workforce plan for
ophthalmology to ensure sufficient capacity in eye clinics to meet the current
and future needs of the people of Wales; c) improve the capture, analysis and
learning from complaints and serious incidents where sight loss has occurred; d) urgently publish a timetable for the
development and publication of a new eye care delivery plan for Wales. The following
amendment has been tabled: Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans
(Gower) Delete all after
sub-point 4a and replace with: progress publication
and implementation of the national workforce plan for the whole of the eye care
sector and issue a Welsh Health Circular to ensure sufficient capacity in eye
clinics to meet the current and future needs of the people of Wales; improve the capture,
analysis and learning from complaints and serious incidents where sight loss
has occurred; continue to drive
forward implementation of the eye care delivery plan recommendations in its
final year and notes the Chief Optometric Advisor will work with stakeholders
across Wales over the coming months to agree next steps. Eye health care
delivery plan 2013 to 2018 Minutes: The item started at
17.21 Voting
on the motion and amendment under this item was deferred until Voting Time. A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment: NDM7110 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Notes that: a)
there are currently 111,000 people living with sight loss in Wales; b)
the number of people with sight loss is predicted to increase by 32 per cent by
2030 and double by 2050. 2.
Welcomes the introduction of new performance measures for eye care patients. 3.
Regrets that 1 in 3 patients deemed to be at high risk of losing their sight
are waiting longer that their target waiting time for ophthalmology
appointments. 4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to: a)
robustly hold health boards to account over their failure to meet eye care
waiting time targets and implement its eye care measures; b)
develop a national workforce plan for ophthalmology to ensure sufficient
capacity in eye clinics to meet the current and future needs of the people of
Wales; c)
improve the capture, analysis and learning from complaints and serious
incidents where sight loss has occurred; d)
urgently publish a timetable for the development and publication of a new eye
care delivery plan for Wales.
The motion without amendment was not
agreed. The
following amendment was tabled: Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower) Delete all after sub-point 4a and replace
with: progress publication and implementation of
the national workforce plan for the whole of the eye care sector and issue a
Welsh Health Circular to ensure sufficient capacity in eye clinics to meet the
current and future needs of the people of Wales; improve the capture, analysis and learning
from complaints and serious incidents where sight loss has occurred; continue to drive forward implementation of
the eye care delivery plan recommendations in its final year and notes the
Chief Optometric Advisor will work with stakeholders across Wales over the
coming months to agree next steps. A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
Amendment 1 was agreed. A
vote was taken on the motion as amended: NDM7110 Darren Millar (Clwyd West) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Notes that: a)
there are currently 111,000 people living with sight loss in Wales; b)
the number of people with sight loss is predicted to increase by 32 per cent by
2030 and double by 2050. 2.
Welcomes the introduction of new performance measures for eye care patients. 3.
Regrets that 1 in 3 patients deemed to be at high risk of losing their sight
are waiting longer that their target waiting time for ophthalmology
appointments. 4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to: a)
robustly hold health boards to account over their failure to meet eye care
waiting time targets and implement its eye care measures; b)
progress publication and implementation of the national workforce plan for the
whole of the eye care sector and issue a Welsh Health Circular to ensure
sufficient capacity in eye clinics to meet the current and future needs of the
people of Wales; c)
improve the capture, analysis and learning from complaints and serious
incidents where sight loss has occurred; d)
continue to drive forward implementation of the eye care delivery plan
recommendations in its final year and notes the Chief Optometric Advisor will
work with stakeholders across Wales over the coming months to agree next steps.
The motion as amended was agreed. |
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(30 mins) |
Welsh Conservatives Debate - The ambition of the Cymraeg 2050 strategy of reaching one million Welsh speakers in a generation NDM7111 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West) To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales: 1. Notes the cross-party support within the
Assembly for the ambition of the Cymraeg 2050 strategy of reaching one million
Welsh speakers in a generation. 2. Recognises that the success of the
strategy is dependent, in part, on: a) creating more opportunities for people
to use and develop their Welsh language skills in the workplace as well as in
the community; b) convincing businesses that there is
commercial advantage in promoting a bilingual identity; c) achieving a balance and flexibility
between legislative and non-legislative steps to achieve this, and
acknowledging that 99 per cent of Welsh enterprises are micro, small, or medium
in size; d) identifying and delivering
value-for-money through increased use of Welsh in the workplace rather than the
introduction of requirements which do not achieve this and which are not
considered a priority by Welsh speakers. 3. Calls on the Welsh Government to update
the Assembly via oral statements every six months on progress made in relation
to Cymraeg 2050. 4. Calls on the Welsh Government to report
to the Assembly before the end of 2019 on the effectiveness of its current
promotion of the Welsh language to businesses, as distinct from the work of the
Welsh Language Commissioner. 5. Calls on the Welsh Government to appoint
a network of Welsh language business champions to promote the use of the
language by micro, small and medium sized enterprises. 6. Calls on the Welsh Government to
consider further reform of the role of the Welsh Language Commissioner to
permit investigation of claims by both Welsh and non-Welsh speakers regarding
breaches of their language rights. Cymraeg
2050: Welsh language strategy The following
amendments have been tabled: Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans
(Gower) Delete points 2–6
and replace with: Acknowledges that
the Cymraeg 2050 strategy has three elements which pave the way for reaching a
million Welsh speakers, namely: a) increasing the
number of speakers through the Cymraeg i Blant / Cymraeg for Kids programme,
the improved Welsh in Education Strategic Plans and the new approach to teaching
Welsh through the National Centre for Learning Welsh; b) increasing the
everyday use of the language in workplaces, businesses and in the community; c) providing a
solid infrastructure as a basis for all actions which includes public buy-in,
linguistic infrastructure, and technology. Celebrates since
the launch of Cymraeg 2050, the Welsh Government has made significant progress
in the following areas: a) increasing the
number of Cylchoedd Meithrin and Cylchoedd Ti a Fi in order to set more
children on the journey into Welsh medium education; b) moving from
assessing the demand to creating the demand for Welsh medium education in order
to increase the number of speakers via the Welsh in Education Strategic Plans; c) launching a new
Welsh Language Technology Action Plan which sets out the vision for Welsh to be
readily available in technology; d) funding the
National Centre for Learning Welsh to provide the Cymraeg Gwaith / Work Welsh
scheme to develop the Welsh language skills of workers within targeted sectors,
including the apprenticeship sector; e) the provision of
almost £60 million of capital funding for early years, education and the
renovation of Neuadd Pantycelyn and the Urdd facilities at Glan-llyn and
Llangrannog; f) funding 14
business officers across Wales to offer practical advice and tools to help
businesses use more Welsh. A helpline will be launched soon to assist with
information about the Welsh language, signposting and short translations. Notes the Welsh Government’s
active participation in the UN International Year for Indigenous Languages as a
platform to celebrate Wales as an outward facing bilingual nation. Welsh Language
Technology Action Plan [If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and
3 will be de-selected] Amendment 2 - Rhun ap Iorwerth
(Ynys Môn) Delete point 2 and
replace with: Recognises that
implementing the aspiration of the strategy requires strategic planning and
practical intentional implementation in every area, especially in relation to
education, economic development, community development, status and
infrastructure of the Welsh language, the workplace and the family. Amendment 3 - Rhun ap Iorwerth
(Ynys Môn) Delete point 6 and
replace with: Calls on the Welsh
Government to introduce a timetable that permits the Welsh Language
Commissioner to set Welsh language standards and expand the rights to use the
Welsh language in the area of housing associations, water, postal services, transport,
energy, telecommunications as well as adding new bodies to regulations that
have already been passed. Minutes: The item started at
17.56 Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time. A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment: NDM7111 Darren Millar (Clwyd West) To propose that the National
Assembly for Wales: 1. Notes the cross-party
support within the Assembly for the ambition of the Cymraeg 2050 strategy of
reaching one million Welsh speakers in a generation. 2. Recognises that the
success of the strategy is dependent, in part, on: a) creating more
opportunities for people to use and develop their Welsh language skills in the
workplace as well as in the community; b) convincing businesses
that there is commercial advantage in promoting a bilingual identity; c) achieving a balance and
flexibility between legislative and non-legislative steps to achieve this, and
acknowledging that 99 per cent of Welsh enterprises are micro, small, or medium
in size; d) identifying and
delivering value-for-money through increased use of Welsh in the workplace
rather than the introduction of requirements which do not achieve this and
which are not considered a priority by Welsh speakers. 3. Calls on the Welsh
Government to update the Assembly via oral statements every six months on
progress made in relation to Cymraeg 2050. 4. Calls on the Welsh
Government to report to the Assembly before the end of 2019 on the
effectiveness of its current promotion of the Welsh language to businesses, as
distinct from the work of the Welsh Language Commissioner. 5. Calls on the Welsh
Government to appoint a network of Welsh language business champions to promote
the use of the language by micro, small and medium sized enterprises. 6. Calls on the Welsh
Government to consider further reform of the role of the Welsh Language
Commissioner to permit investigation of claims by both Welsh and non-Welsh
speakers regarding breaches of their language rights.
The motion without amendment was not
agreed. The
following amendments were tabled: Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower) Delete points 2–6 and replace with: a) increasing the
number of speakers through the Cymraeg i Blant / Cymraeg for Kids programme,
the improved Welsh in Education Strategic Plans and the new approach to
teaching Welsh through the National Centre for Learning Welsh; b) increasing the
everyday use of the language in workplaces, businesses and in the community; c) providing a
solid infrastructure as a basis for all actions which includes public buy-in,
linguistic infrastructure, and technology. Celebrates since
the launch of Cymraeg 2050, the Welsh Government has made significant progress
in the following areas: a) increasing the
number of Cylchoedd Meithrin and Cylchoedd Ti a Fi in order to set more
children on the journey into Welsh medium education; b) moving from
assessing the demand to creating the demand for Welsh medium education in order
to increase the number of speakers via the Welsh in Education Strategic Plans; c) launching a new
Welsh Language Technology Action Plan which sets out the vision for Welsh to be
readily available in technology; d) funding the
National Centre for Learning Welsh to provide the Cymraeg Gwaith / Work Welsh
scheme to develop the Welsh language skills of workers within targeted sectors,
including the apprenticeship sector; e) the provision of
almost £60 million of capital funding for early years, education and the
renovation of Neuadd Pantycelyn and the Urdd facilities at Glan-llyn and
Llangrannog; f) funding 14
business officers across Wales to offer practical advice and tools to help
businesses use more Welsh. A helpline will be launched soon to assist with
information about the Welsh language, signposting and short translations. Notes the Welsh
Government’s active participation in the UN International Year for Indigenous
Languages as a platform to celebrate Wales as an outward facing bilingual
nation. A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
Amendment 1 was agreed. As amendment 1 was agreed,
amendments 2 and 3 were de-selected A
vote was taken on the motion as amended: NDM7111
Darren
Millar (Clwyd West) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Notes the cross-party support within the Assembly for the ambition of the
Cymraeg 2050 strategy of reaching one million Welsh speakers in a generation. 2.
Acknowledges that the Cymraeg 2050 strategy has three elements which pave the
way for reaching a million Welsh speakers, namely: a)
increasing the number of speakers through the Cymraeg i Blant / Cymraeg for
Kids programme, the improved Welsh in Education Strategic Plans and the new
approach to teaching Welsh through the National Centre for Learning Welsh; b)
increasing the everyday use of the language in workplaces, businesses and in
the community; c)
providing a solid infrastructure as a basis for all actions which includes
public buy-in, linguistic infrastructure, and technology. 3.
Celebrates since the launch of Cymraeg 2050, the Welsh Government has made
significant progress in the following areas: a)
increasing the number of Cylchoedd Meithrin and Cylchoedd Ti a Fi in order to
set more children on the journey into Welsh medium education; b)
moving from assessing the demand to creating the demand for Welsh medium
education in order to increase the number of speakers via the Welsh in
Education Strategic Plans; c)
launching a new Welsh Language Technology Action Plan which sets out the vision
for Welsh to be readily available in technology; d)
funding the National Centre for Learning Welsh to provide the Cymraeg Gwaith /
Work Welsh scheme to develop the Welsh language skills of workers within
targeted sectors, including the apprenticeship sector; e)
the provision of almost £60 million of capital funding for early years,
education and the renovation of Neuadd Pantycelyn and the Urdd facilities at
Glan-llyn and Llangrannog; f)
funding 14 business officers across Wales to offer practical advice and tools
to help businesses use more Welsh. A helpline will be launched soon to assist
with information about the Welsh language, signposting and short translations. 4.
Notes the Welsh Government’s active participation in the UN International Year
for Indigenous Languages as a platform to celebrate Wales as an outward facing
bilingual nation.
The motion as amended was agreed. |
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Voting Time Minutes: The item started at
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(30 mins) |
Short Debate NDM7067 Jack
Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside) Action for Kinder Politics: A route map for
creating kinder communities across Wales. Minutes: The item started at
18.24 NDM7067 Jack Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside) Action for Kinder Politics: A route map for
creating kinder communities across Wales. |
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