Amendment 37
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The Senedd debated an amendment to the Air Quality Bill about the Welsh Government's duty to promote awareness of air quality. Rhys ab Owen (Independent) spoke for the focus on indoor air pollution. The Minister, Julie James, said the duty should stay broad. The amendment was rejected on a tied vote.
Whether to agree Amendment 2, which the debate suggests would make the Bill's awareness duty cover indoor air pollution. The wording was not provided.
Janet Finch-Saunders (Welsh Conservatives) proposed an amendment to a Bill (a draft law) to create an office for air quality protection. Julie James (Welsh Labour) said the Government plans a wider environmental governance Bill and urged members to reject it. The Senedd rejected the amendment.
Vote on Amendment 66, which would require a new office for air quality protection to be set up, with Ministers making further rules about it within 12 months of the Bill becoming law.
This was a vote on Amendment 85 to a Bill about air quality. Jenny Rathbone (Welsh Labour) proposed that the strategy must cover managing noise from air-source heat pumps. The Welsh Conservatives said they would support it. The Senedd rejected the amendment.
Whether to add Amendment 85, which would require the strategy to make provision for managing noise from air-source heat pumps.
The Welsh Conservatives, led by Darren Millar, asked the Senedd to regret delays to the NHS Wales app and e-prescribing and to urge faster use of digital and AI technology. Labour's Lesley Griffiths replaced most of the motion with wording welcoming progress. The Senedd agreed the amendment and then the motion as amended.
Whether to agree Darren Millar's original motion, which regretted gaps in the NHS app and e-prescribing and called on the Welsh Government to speed up digital and AI use.
Whether to agree Lesley Griffiths' amendment, which deletes most of the Conservative motion and replaces it with wording welcoming current progress on NHS digital services.
Plaid Cymru's Heledd Fychan asked the Senedd to call on the Welsh Government to freeze private rents and ban evictions this winter. Labour's Lesley Griffiths proposed replacing the whole motion. The Senedd rejected the original motion and agreed Labour's version, which welcomes Government plans and calls on the UK Government to raise housing benefit rates.
Plaid Cymru's original motion, calling for a rent freeze and a ban on evictions this winter, voted on without any changes.
Labour's amendment 1, which would delete Plaid Cymru's motion and replace it with wording welcoming Welsh Government plans and asking the UK Government to raise Local Housing Allowance rates.
Whether to agree the final motion, as changed by Labour's amendment, which notes cross-UK working on AI and welcomes progress on the NHS Wales app and e-prescribing.
The final vote on the motion as changed by Labour's amendment 1, which replaced Plaid Cymru's wording with Labour's.