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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Planned Care Recovery Plan
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I will keep my question very brief indeed. First of all, I do welcome the plan, because it does give hope, particularly with the targets, but those now have to be not only achievable but delivered as well. Because a lot of us who…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
That brings us on now to item 9, which is our standard motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting so that we can discuss further matters in private. Are we happy to do so? We are, so we'll now move into…
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Papers to note
And then, finally, we go on to some papers to note. Under item 8.1, we note the letters from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language in response to the recommendations made by this committee and the Finance Committee in their Stage 1 reports on the…
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Written statements under Standing Order 30C
It brings us then to item 7, written statements under Standing Order 30C, and the first of these we have is under item 7.1, the written statement WS-30C(6)007, the Organic Production (Amendment) Regulations 2022. We have a written statement in our packs and a…
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Inter-institutional relations agreement
Okay. So, we'll move now on to item No. 6, the inter-institutional relations agreement. Under item 6.1, I draw your attention to the letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd confirming that a meeting of the inter-ministerial…
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Common frameworks
Thanks, Alun, and thanks for drawing this to our attention as well. And certainly, it's an issue that we've discussed, and you've raised before in committee, and I think when we go into further discussion in private session today, I think there might be a way…
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Common frameworks
So, in which case, if we are content with that, we can move on to item No. 5, which are your common frameworks, a regular piece on our agenda. We have, under item 5.1, a written statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution on common…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
That takes us on to item 4, which is instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3 that we have previously considered. Now, we've grouped together here items 4.1 and 4.2. So, we have SL(6)130, the Renting Homes…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you very much. So, are we happy to agree that? We are.
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you, Gareth. So, with that explanation and those reporting points, are we happy to agree that report? We are. Thank you. Item 3.6, then, SL(6)196, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2022. We…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That's really helpful. I think we're happy with that. Thank you, Gareth. That takes us on, then, to item 3.5, SL(6)194, the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. We have a draft report, a letter from 8…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
That's helpful. I can see Rhys is nodding. Are you happy with that, Alun and Peter? Yes. Okay. We'll do that, then, Gareth. Thank you very much. Item 3.4, SL(6)195, the Non-commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022. Again, we…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thanks, Gareth. I can see colleagues nodding. Are we happy to agree those reporting points? We are. Thank you, Gareth. On to item 3.3, then, SL(6)188, the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2022. We…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Thank you, Gareth. Are we content with that? We are. Thank you very much. Thanks, Gareth. That takes us on, then, to item 3.2, SL(6)183, the Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022. Under paper 3, you have a draft report there as…
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Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Item 3, then, is instruments in the section that do raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3, and the first of these comes under made negative resolution instruments. It's item 3.1, SL(6)181, the Health Protection…
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Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
So, we'll go straight into business, because there's plenty ahead of us. Our first one is the standard item of business, which is the instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. We have several of these, which have come to us…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome back to this session—the first session we have after recess—of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. We've got quite a busy agenda to get through today, because typically what happens is we have a bit of an accumulation of work when…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon and welcome back, everyone.
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
A very short intervention. It's simply to say that all the international experience shows that from age appropriate—. From a very young age, from that nine months and onwards, what you need is that unified approach that actually brings the early years…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
Could I make a short intervention?
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Minding the future: The childcare barrier facing working parents'
I'm very pleased to rise and speak briefly in this debate, and also to thank the committee for their work and for continuing their attention on this really critical area of social policy, because it's undoubtedly the case—it almost goes without saying, but…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Could I, through the Deputy Minister, suggest to colleagues on Conservative benches here that it is not too late to put pressure on the UK Government to invest in marine and tidal technology in Wales, including lagoon technology? It was a terrible, terrible…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Elections Bill
In our report on the memorandum, we expressed serious concern with provisions included within the Bill on its introduction that impacted on devolved areas and on the accountability arrangements for the Electoral Commission's activities in Wales as set out in…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Elections Bill
Thank you, Llywydd. We issued a report on the legislative consent memorandum on the Elections Bill in December of last year. Although we considered the supplementary memorandum at our meeting yesterday, as it was only laid last Tuesday, we were unable to…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Building Safety Bill
however, memorandum No. 5 was only laid last Friday afternoon, meaning it has not been subject to scrutiny by any Senedd committee. This is clearly frustrating, as my colleague John Griffiths, Chair of my fellow committee, has mentioned, and it's regrettable…
