Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Meeting time: 13.30
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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.
1 Questions to the Minister for Economy
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2.
2 Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
(45 mins)
The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Minister after Question 2.
3 Topical Questions
(20 mins)
To ask the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Sam Rowlands (North Wales): What discussions is the Minister having with the leader of Denbighshire County Council following his warning that the council is facing bankruptcy unless services and jobs are cut?
4 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
5 Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee report – Local Authority Library and Leisure Services
(60 mins)
NDM8379 John Griffiths (Newport East)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the report of the Local Government and Housing Committee, ‘Local Authority Leisure and Library Services’, which was laid in the Table Office on 20 July 2023.
Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 13 September 2023.
6 Debate on Petition P-06-1345 - Make conservation management plans compulsory for scheduled monuments at risk such as Ruperra Castle
(30 mins)
NDM8380 Jack Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the petition ‘P-06-1345 Make conservation management plans compulsory for scheduled monuments at risk such as Ruperra Castle’ which received 10,580 signatures.
7 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Homelessness
(60 mins)
NDM8384 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Regrets the failure of the Welsh Government to get to grips with homelessness in Wales.
2. Believes that the Welsh Government’s White Paper on ending homelessness in Wales will not deliver the desired outcomes.
3. Notes with concern that the number of individuals rough sleeping has hit its highest level since 2020.
4. Recognises that seven local authorities do not record information on homelessness deaths.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to establish a Wales equivalent of the Combined Homelessness and Information Network to ensure that sufficient data is available to address homelessness in Wales and its impact.
White Paper on ending homelessness in Wales
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Welcomes the bold, ambitious and radical reform for the future set out in the White Paper on Ending Homelessness developed as part of the Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru.
2. Notes the essential contribution of those with lived experience of homelessness in the preparation of the White Paper and the view of the Chief Executive of Crisis that the ambition shown in it is world leading.
3. Encourages responses to the consultation which will help shape the future approach to homelessness in Wales.
White Paper on ending homelessness in Wales
8 Voting Time
9 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM8383 Rhianon Passmore (Islwyn)
Breaking the class ceiling - building an egalitarian Wales.
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 24 October 2023