NDM8639 Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report – delivering the government’s priorities and legislative programme

NDM8639 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 11.21(ii):

1. Notes:

a) the Welsh Government Annual Report 2023/24;

b) progress on the legislative programme.

Welsh Government Annual Report 2023/24

Legislative Programme

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

Add as new points at end of motion:

Regrets the lack of clear targets and measurable reporting on outcomes.

Calls on the Welsh Government to provide:

a) more information about how it measures progress on its legislative programme; and

b) an assessment of how it is making progress against these measures.

Amendment 2 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Add as new points at end of motion:

Regrets:

a) the lack of sufficient progress in reducing NHS waiting times and improving emergency department performance;

b) recent PISA education results that show a decline in educational outcomes in Wales; and

c) that workers in Wales are paid less than those in other parts of the UK.

Does not believe that either the Welsh Government’s Legislative Programme or Annual Report demonstrates sufficient attention to these key challenges.

Calls upon the Welsh Government to develop a clear action plan to:

a) improve NHS performance;

b) improve educational outcomes; and

c) improve incomes in Wales.