Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Meeting time: 13.30
This meeting can be
viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/6617
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This meeting was held in a virtual format, with Members joining by video-conference.
1 Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The item started at 13.30
The first 8 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister after question 2.
2 Questions to the Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Welsh Language
The item started at 14.23
The first 6 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister after question 2.
3 Topical Questions
The item started at 15.19
To the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales
Helen Mary Jones (Mid and West Wales): Will the Minister make a statement on the early closure of applications to the economic resilience fund relating to the firebreak lockdown?
4 90 Second Statements
The item started at 15.38
Llyr Gruffydd made a statement on - Wales Climate Week.
5 Motion to amend Standing Orders: Suspension of proceedings before remote electronic votes
The item started at 15.40
NDM7448 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 33.2:
1. Considers the report of the Business Committee, ‘Amending Standing Orders: Suspension of proceedings before remote electronic votes’, laid in the Table Office on 20 October 2020.
2. Approves the proposals to amend Standing Order 34.14D, as set out in Annex A of the Business Committee’s report.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
6 Motion to elect a Member to a Committee
The item started at 15.40
NDM7453 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 17.3, elects Caroline Jones (Independent Alliance for Reform) as a member of the Business Committee.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
7 Motion to elect a Member to a Committee
The item started at 15.41
NDM7454 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 17.3, elects Mark Reckless (Independent) as a member of the Finance Committee.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
8 Motion to note the annual report on the Senedd Commission's Official Languages Scheme for 2019-20
The item started at 15.41
Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7447 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with paragraph 8 (8) of Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006:
Notes the Annual Report on the Senedd Commission’s Official Languages Scheme, laid before the Senedd on 18 June 2020.
The result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
52 |
3 |
0 |
55 |
The motion was agreed.
9 Debate on petitions: teaching history in schools
The item started at 16.08
Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7450 Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the following petitions concerning the teaching of history in schools:
a) Petition ‘P-05-992 We call on the Welsh Government to create a common body of knowledge about Welsh history that all pupils will learn’ which received 7,927 signatures; and
b) Petition ‘P-05-1000 Make it compulsory for Black and POC UK histories to be taught in the Welsh education curriculum’ which received 34,736 signatures.
The result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
4 |
0 |
55 |
The motion was agreed.
10 Voting Time
In accordance with Standing Order 34.14D, at 17.10 proceedings were suspended to allow a technical break before voting time.
The item started at 17.18
11 Short Debate
The item started at 17.20
NDM7449 David J. Rowlands (South Wales East)
The proportionality of the Welsh Government's lockdown.
The meeting concluded at 17.43
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 10 November 2020