Plenary

 

Meeting date:
Tuesday, 15 January 2013

 

Meeting time:
13:30

 

 

 

 

Agenda

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1. Questions to the First Minister (60 mins) 

The Presiding Officer will call the Party Leaders to ask questions without notice to the First Minister after Question 2. 

 

View Questions

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2. Business Statement and Announcement (30 mins) (Pages 3 - 5)

View Business Statement and Announcement

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3. Statement by the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House: Regional Pay (30 mins)

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4. Statement by the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House: Capital Allocations (30 mins)

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5. Statement by the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development on The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Doha 2012 (30 mins)

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6. Legislative Consent Memorandum on Crime and Courts Bill in relation to amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (15 mins) 

NDM5088 John Griffiths (Newport East)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6, agrees that provisions of the Crime and Courts Bill which amend section 33B of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 relating to the amount of compensation that the magistrates’ court may order in respect of loss or damage incurred in relation to the costs of cleaning up waste which has been unlawfully deposited, treated or disposed, in so far as it falls within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

A Legislative Consent Memorandum has been laid in Table Office on 6th November 2012 in accordance with Standing Order 29.2(iii).

Supporting Documents
A copy of the Bill can be found here:
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-3/crimeandcourts/documents.html
Legislative Consent Memorandum
Constitutional and Legislative Committee Report
 

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7. Stage 3 Standing Order 26.44 debate on the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill (60 mins) 

In accordance with Standing Order 26.36, amendments will be disposed of in the order which the sections and schedules to which they relate, arise in the Bill.

 

The Amendments have been grouped for the purposes of debate and the groupings will be debated as follows:

 

1. Intervention in maintained schools – notices and powers of intervention

61, 62

2. Guidance on intervention

54, 55, 56, 57, 58

3. School organisation – making, approval and determination of proposals

2, 59, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,

33, 34, 35, 44, 45, 46, 49, 53

4. School organisation – establishment of foundation schools

63

5. School organisation – proposals for restructuring of sixth form education

64, 65, 73, 74, 75, 76, 80

6. School organisation – rationalisation of school places

66, 67, 68

7. School organisation – regional provision for special educational needs

69, 70, 71, 72

8. Responsibility for implementation of proposals

36, 50, 51, 52

9. School organisation – notice by governing body to discontinue foundation or voluntary school

37, 38, 39, 40, 41

10. Welsh in education strategic plans

1, 77, 42, 43

11. Free school breakfasts

78, 79

12. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

60

13. Regulated alterations – regulating changes to SEN provision

47, 48


Supporting Documents
The School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill
Explanatory Memorandum
Marshalled List of Amendments
Groupings of Amendments
 

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8. Stage 4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill (5 mins) 

At the conclusion of Stage 3 the Minister may propose that the Bill be passed in accordance with Standing Order 26.47. If the proposition is agreed.

 

Stage 4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill

 

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9. Debate on Maximising the Impact of Welsh Procurement Policy (60 mins) 

NDM5132 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1.Recognises the positive impact that effective public procurement delivers to the Welsh economy;

2.  Notes the Wales Procurement Policy Statement; and

3.  Encourages all public bodies in Wales to build the capability required to maximise the impact of the Welsh Procurement Policy.

Supporting Document
The Wales Procurement Policy Statement can be found at: http://wales.gov.uk/docs//cabinetstatements/2012/121206procurementpolicyen.doc

The following amendments have been tabled:

Amendment 1 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

Add at end of point 1:

‘and recognises the significant steps taken forward by the One Wales Government’

Amendment 2 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

Insert as new point 2 and re-number accordingly:

Believes that EU public procurement rules are too restrictive and should be relaxed to help local businesses obtain more Government contracts.

Amendment 3 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) communicate any new procurement policies clearly to the Welsh business community; and

b) review its procurement policies on a regular basis to ensure their effectiveness.

Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

Add new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to introduce a mandatory obligation on all public bodies to implement the Welsh Procurement Policy.

Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to make procurement more accessible to SMEs in Wales, for example by unbundling contracts for Government work.

Amendment 6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to provide up to date information on the number of Welsh companies winning public procurement contracts in Wales.

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Voting Time

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The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13:30, Wednesday, 16 January 2013

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