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Questions to the First Minister
The first item this afternoon is questions to the First Minister, and the first question is from Mabon ap Gwynfor.
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Statement by the Llywydd
Welcome to this Plenary session. Good afternoon to you all. Before we begin, I need to set out a few points. This meeting will be held in hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others joining by video-conference. All Members participating…
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Voting Time
And that concludes our work for the day.
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Voting Time
Close the vote. In favour 29, 25 abstentions, and none against. And therefore the motion is agreed.
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Voting Time
Reading the lips, I think the Gweinidog iechyd just said 'oops'.
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Voting Time
That brings us to voting time. And there is only one vote this afternoon, and that is on the first supplementary budget 2021-22. And I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Lesley Griffiths. Open the vote.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
Which brings us now to voting time, and therefore, we will take a short break before we hold the vote.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? No, there is no objection to this motion. So, the motion is therefore agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
The Minister for finance to reply to the debate—Rebecca Evans.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
So, we will continue. I don't know what happened there. Apologies to the Chair of the committee, but you can continue with your work.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
It's okay. If Joyce says it's okay—[Interruption.] Okay, we're sending Jack Sargeant around the back of the Chamber now to try and see if he can remedy this.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
So, if I speak in Welsh in order to see whether the translation is working—. Yes, it's working for some Members certainly, but it isn't working for everyone still.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
It seems to be partially working and partially not working. [Interruption.] So, it seems to be a Labour backbench issue at this point. Can I just pause for a second whilst we see if any intervention can be made to restart the translation?
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
Can I just pause here? I understand that the translation isn't working, from looking at the Minister.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
The Finance Committee Chair, Peredur Owen Griffiths.
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Debate: Priorities for 2022-23 Budget Preparations
The next item is the debate on priorities for the 2022-23 budget preparations. I call once again on the Minister for finance to move the motion—Rebecca Evans.
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Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2021-22
Thank you, Minister. The proposal therefore is to agree the motion. Does any Member object. [Objection.] I will defer voting under this item until voting time.
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Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2021-22
The Minister for finance to reply to the debate. Rebecca Evans.
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Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2021-22
I call on the Chair of the Finance Committee, Peredur Owen Griffiths.
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Debate: The First Supplementary Budget 2021-22
The next item is a debate on the first supplementary budget 2021-22. I call on the Minister for finance to move the motion—Rebecca Evans.
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The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry: Local Authority Care and Support) (Wales) Regulations 2021
I have no speakers to this item. Therefore, I assume the Deputy Minister doesn't want to reply to the debate. The proposal is, therefore, to agree the motion. Does any Member object? No, there are no objections. The motion is therefore agreed in accordance…
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The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry: Local Authority Care and Support) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Item 8 is our next agenda item, on the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry: Local Authority Care and Support) (Wales) Regulations 2021. And I call on the Deputy Minister for Social Services to move the motion. Julie Morgan.
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Convention on our Constitutional Future
And I'll have to remember that—that the mace is a weapon. It may come in useful at some point. [Laughter.] We'll now take a break for changes to be made in the Chamber.
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Convention on our Constitutional Future
I thank the Minister.
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Convention on our Constitutional Future
And finally, Huw Irranca-Davies.
