, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
Well, in terms of Commission business, including this, the executive board of officials very often brings papers forward to the Commission, and it's a matter for the Commission then, who are Commissioners from political parties, to agree or otherwise—for…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
Well, let's start with 'finger in the air'—no, it wasn't, and I'm sure that everything I've explained to you to date shows how the Commission itself, both in terms of staff and in terms of the Commissioners, looked at the figures carefully that were provided…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
And I think, looking back at all of this, over the period of the last five to six years when I've been Llywydd, and thinking that this could be coming along the line as the expert panel had developed their work, et cetera, one of the assumptions of course is…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
Yes. Manon and Alun.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
I'm going to ask Alun, because we obviously have costed for the increased costs of travel and maintenance and overnight spend that an additional number of Members will have, and I'm guessing that some of those issues will have been looked at in terms of…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
Well, I think that the costings that we supplied to the Welsh Government were the most accurate, robust costings we could've supplied at that time, given the fact that we had the basis of assumptions, of course—that there is a minimal change and a greater…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
The two aspects that were subject to change in that process were, first, to reduce the length of time of the period of years, because one year, the 2023-24, would have been a spent year, in that the funding would already have been spent by the time the Bill…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
Okay. In terms of the costs that were provided by the Senedd Commission to the Welsh Government and have appeared in the regulatory impact assessment, we were requested to provide those costs by Welsh Government back in last December, and then the…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
As I said, technically, the Bill is a Bill of a Welsh Minister, introduced into the Senedd. The spirit of the Bill, of course, part of it, has emanated from the motion agreed by the Senedd to ask the Welsh Government to bring forward this Bill. It has parts…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
Well, the Member in charge of the Bill is a member of the Government, but the background of the Bill is more, possibly, unusual in its construct than other more straightforward Government Bills that come via manifesto and programmes of government that a…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Llywydd and the Senedd Commission
Yes, thank you very much, Chair. I will allow officials to introduce themselves if that's okay. Manon.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Stroke awareness and the FAST/NESA campaign
If I can ask Members to leave the Chamber quietly. We still have one item of business to complete and that's the short debate. And Huw Irranca-Davies can start that short debate when he believes the Chamber is quiet enough for him to do so.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Stroke awareness and the FAST/NESA campaign
But our business goes on. We will now move to the short debate. I call on Huw Irranca-Davies to introduce the short debate.
, Plenary
Voting Time
Therefore, the motion and the amendments to it have been rejected under that item too, and that concludes voting for today.
, Plenary
Voting Time
The next vote will be on amendment 2 tabled in the name of Darren Millar. Open the vote. And the vote is tied. I exercise my casting vote against amendment 2, and therefore the result of the vote is 26 in favour, 27 against.
, Plenary
Voting Time
We'll now move to a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Lesley Griffiths. Open the vote. The vote is tied: 26 in favour, 26 against. I exercise my casting vote against amendment 1, and therefore amendment 1 is not agreed: 26 in favour, 27 against.
, Plenary
Voting Time
And therefore the motion and the amendments to it have all been rejected under that item. We will now move to the Plaid Cymru debate on transport, and I call for a vote on the motion without amendment, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan. Open the vote. The…
, Plenary
Voting Time
Amendment 3 is next, again in the name of Heledd Fychan. Open the vote. [Inaudible.]—vote is tied, therefore I will exercise my casting vote against amendment 3. So, there are 26 in favour, no abstentions, and 27 against. Amendment 3 is therefore not agreed.
, Plenary
Voting Time
Amendment 2 is next, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan. Open the vote. This vote is again tied, so 26 in favour, no abstentions, and 26 against. I exercise my casting vote, therefore, against the amendment, so there are 26 in favour and 27 against…
, Plenary
Voting Time
We will now move to a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Lesley Griffiths. And if amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and 3 will be deselected. Open the vote on amendment 1. [Inaudible.]—the vote is tied, and therefore I will exercise my casting vote…
, Plenary
Voting Time
That brings us to voting time, and unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung, we will proceed directly to the first vote. That vote is on item 6, the Welsh Conservative debate: A&E performance data. I call for a vote on the motion without amendment…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
The proposal is to agree the motion without amendment. Does any Member object? [Objection.] There are objections. We will therefore defer voting under this item until voting time.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
Delyth Jewell, now, to reply to the debate.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
The Deputy Minister now to reply to the debate—Lee Waters.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Transport for Wales
I've been very generous with time, Janet Finch-Saunders, so can you come to a conclusion?
