Lesley Griffiths (Welsh Labour), the Minister for Rural Affairs, asked the Senedd to approve regulations raising the fee for appointing an independent arbitrator in farm tenancy disputes from £115 to £195. She said the fee dates from 1996. The Senedd approved the regulations.
Whether to approve the regulations that raise the fee for appointing an arbitrator in agricultural tenancy disputes, as the Minister proposed.
Ken Skates (Welsh Labour), for the Senedd Commission, asked the Senedd to approve the Commission's 2023-24 budget. He put the total at £67.643 million, a 4.06 per cent rise on the current year. The Senedd agreed the motion.
A vote on the motion as written, to approve the Senedd Commission's budget for 2023-24 and include it in the Annual Budget Motion. No amendments were proposed.
Jenny Rathbone (Welsh Labour) brought a motion noting MIND Cymru's Together Through Tough Times report and that community resilience helps mental health. It asks the Welsh Government to work with voluntary groups on resilient communities and include community assets in any future mental health strategy. The Senedd agreed it.
Whether to agree Jenny Rathbone's motion as written, which asks the Welsh Government to support community resilience and include community assets in any future mental health strategy.
Plaid Cymru's Sian Gwenllian proposed that Welsh nurses deserve fair pay and that the Welsh Government use every devolved power to improve its pay offer. Labour's Lesley Griffiths asked to delete the second point. Conservative Darren Millar asked to add a call for talks with the Royal College of Nursing Wales. The Senedd agreed the motion as amended.
The vote on Plaid Cymru's original motion, with no changes, on fair pay for nurses and an improved pay offer.
Plaid Cymru's Siân Gwenllian asked the Senedd to say nurses deserve fair pay and to call on the Welsh Government to use every devolved power to improve its pay offer. Labour removed the call on pay powers. The Conservatives added a call to meet the Royal College of Nursing Wales. The Senedd agreed both amendments.
Whether to accept Lesley Griffiths's (Welsh Labour) amendment deleting point 2, which called on the Welsh Government to use every devolved lever to improve the nurses' pay offer.
Whether to add Darren Millar's (Welsh Conservatives) point asking the Welsh Government to meet the Royal College of Nursing Wales to discuss fair pay and safe staffing and avoid winter strikes.
Plaid Cymru's Sian Gwenllian proposed that Welsh nurses deserve fair pay and that the Welsh Government use every devolved power to improve its pay offer. Labour's Lesley Griffiths asked to delete the second point. Conservative Darren Millar asked to add a call for talks with the Royal College of Nursing Wales. The Senedd agreed the motion as amended.
The final vote on the motion as changed by the amendments agreed earlier, on fair pay for Welsh nurses.