The Welsh Government, through Lesley Griffiths (Welsh Labour), asked the Senedd to set the Welsh rates of income tax for 2023-24 at 10p in the pound for each band. Finance Minister Rebecca Evans said now was not the right time to raise tax. The Senedd agreed the motion.
This was the vote on the motion to set each Welsh rate of income tax (basic, higher and additional) at 10p in the pound for 2023-24.
The Welsh Government, led by Lesley Griffiths, asked the Senedd to approve the Annual Budget for 2023-24. Finance Minister Rebecca Evans called it a budget made in hard times, which protects front-line services and supports people through the cost-of-living crisis. The Senedd agreed the motion.
Whether the Senedd should approve the Welsh Government's Annual Budget for 2023-24, as laid before it on 28 February 2023.
Rebecca Evans, the Welsh Labour Finance Minister, asked the Senedd to approve the 2023-24 funding settlement for Wales's 22 councils. She said it is 7.9 per cent higher than the year before on a like-for-like basis. The Senedd agreed the motion.
Whether to approve the Local Government Finance Report for 2023-24, which sets how much money Welsh councils get from the Welsh Government and business rates.
Jane Dodds (Welsh Liberal Democrats) proposed letting the social partnership council advise Ministers on all seven well-being goals, not only the 'prosperous Wales' goal. Deputy Minister Hannah Blythyn (Welsh Labour) said the Government could not support it. The Senedd rejected the amendment.
Vote on amendment 45, from Jane Dodds, to let the social partnership council advise Ministers on all seven well-being goals in the 2015 future generations Act.
Joel James (Welsh Conservatives) proposed amendment 43 to a Bill on social partnership. It would have set 90 days for reaching agreement with staff representatives on well-being goals. Hannah Blythyn (Welsh Labour) said the Bill does not require agreement. The Senedd rejected the amendment.
Whether to add a 90-day limit for reaching agreement with staff representatives on well-being goals, after which a public body could carry on without it.
The wording of Amendment 4 is not available. The speeches provided concern a different amendment, number 45, on a Bill about social partnership. Jane Dodds (Welsh Liberal Democrats) wanted wider advice on well-being goals, and Deputy Minister Hannah Blythyn (Welsh Labour) said the Government could not support it. The Senedd rejected Amendment 4.
A vote on Amendment 4 to the Bill. Its wording is not available, so the page cannot say more about what it would have changed.
Sarah Murphy (Welsh Labour) brought a motion saying that collecting biometric data in Welsh schools, such as fingerprints, puts children's privacy at risk. It asked the Welsh Government to legislate on this. The Senedd agreed the motion as written.
Whether to agree the motion as written, which asks the Welsh Government to legislate to protect children's privacy and limit biometric data use in schools.
Jack Sargeant (Welsh Labour) brought a motion asking the Senedd to note the Petitions Committee's report on a petition to ban greyhound racing in Wales. It was a motion to note the report, with no amendments. The Senedd agreed to note it.
A vote on the motion to note the Petitions Committee's report on the petition to ban greyhound racing in Wales.
The Welsh Conservatives, led by Darren Millar, tabled a motion regretting a lack of engagement by the Welsh Government's roads review panel and criticising its advice to scrap road projects. Plaid Cymru's Sian Gwenllian amended it to seek more investment in public transport and electric vehicle charging. The Senedd agreed the motion as amended.
This vote was on the Welsh Conservatives' original motion, which regretted the panel's lack of engagement and criticised its call to scrap road projects.
The Welsh Conservatives, led by Darren Millar, asked the Senedd to regret the Welsh Government's roads review and criticise its call to scrap some road projects. Plaid Cymru's Siân Gwenllian replaced the criticism with a call for more public transport and electric vehicle investment. That amendment was agreed.
Plaid Cymru's amendment to replace the criticism of the road review's recommendations with a call for bolder climate action and more public transport and electric vehicle investment.
The Welsh Conservatives, led by Darren Millar, tabled a motion regretting a lack of engagement by the Welsh Government's roads review panel and criticising its advice to scrap road projects. Plaid Cymru's Sian Gwenllian amended it to seek more investment in public transport and electric vehicle charging. The Senedd agreed the motion as amended.
This vote was on the motion with Sian Gwenllian's amendment in place of point 3, so it called for urgent investment in public transport and electric vehicle infrastructure.