Votes and Proceedings - Plenary


Meeting Venue:

Siambr Hywel - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date:
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Meeting time: 13.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15432


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This meeting was held in a hybrid format, with some Members in Siambr Hywel, Tŷ Hywel and others joining by video-conference.

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Presiding Officer Statement

The Llywydd welcomed the newly elected Member for Caerphilly, Lindsay Whittle, to the Senedd and invited him to say a few words.

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1       Questions to the First Minister

The item started at 13.33

The first 8 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs (on behalf of the First Minister) after question 2.

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2       Business Statement and Announcement

The item started at 14.31

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3       Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill

The item started at 14.57

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4       Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill

The item started at 15.31

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5       Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Flexible Skills Programme

The item started at 16.06

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6       Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: "Our Bravery Brought Justice" - North Wales Safeguarding Board Child Practice Review

The item started at 16.39

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7       The Non-Domestic Rating (Description of Differential Multipliers) (Wales) Regulations 2025

The item started at 17.53

NDM9030 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)  

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 27.5, approves that the draft The Non-Domestic Rating (Description of Differential Multipliers) (Wales) Regulations 2025 is made in accordance with the draftlaidin the Table Office on 7 October 2025.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

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8       Legislative Consent Motion: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill

The item started at 18.00

Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

NDM9028Rebecca Evans (Gower) 

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6 agrees that provisions in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill so far as they have regard to devolved matters, should be considered by the UK Parliament. 

Footnote: 

A Legislative Consent Memorandum waslaidin Table Office on 26 March 2025, and Supplementary Legislative Consent Memoranda were laid in Table Office on15 May 2025,17 June 2025,7 August 2025and21 October 2025

A copy of the Bill can be found on the UK Parliament website:Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament 

The result was as follows:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

36

11

1

48

 

The motion was agreed.

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Proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate items 9-10 together but with separate votes

The proposal under Standing Order 12.24 to debate items 9-10 together but with separate votes was agreed. 

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9       The general principles of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

The item started at 18.20

NDM9026 Jayne Bryant (Newport West) 

To propose that Senedd Cymru in accordance with Standing Order 26.11: 

Agrees to the general principles of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill. 

TheHomelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) BillandExplanatory Memorandumwere laid before the Senedd on 19 May 2025; the report of the Local Government and Housing Committee on the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill waslaidbefore the Senedd on 17 October 2025. 

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

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10    The financial resolution in respect of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

The item started at 18.20

 

NDM9027 Jayne Bryant (Newport West) 

To propose that Senedd Cymru, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill, agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in Standing Order 26.69, arising in consequence of the Bill. 

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

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11    Voting Time

The item started at 19.21

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Votes Summary

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The meeting concluded at 19.22

The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 5 November 2025

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