The Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Regulations 2024
The Senedd debated regulations setting the 2024-25 business rates multiplier, the figure used to work out rates bills, at 0.562. Welsh Labour's Lesley Griffiths brought the motion. Minister Rebecca Evans said the rise is limited to 5 per cent. The Senedd approved the regulations.
Whether to approve the draft regulations that set the business rates multiplier for Wales for 2024-25, as laid before the Senedd on 23 January 2024.
Agreed
For 27Against 14Abstain 11
Debate: The Police Settlement 2024-25
Lesley Griffiths (Welsh Labour) put forward a motion asking the Senedd to approve the 2024-25 funding report for Wales's four police and crime commissioners. The Minister said the Welsh Government's share stays at £113.5 million. The Senedd agreed the motion.
Whether to approve the final 2024-25 funding report for police and crime commissioners, as set out in the motion with no amendments.
Agreed
For 41Against 0Abstain 11
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
The Welsh Conservatives, led by Darren Millar, asked the Senedd to regret that Betsi Cadwaladr health board has not improved a year after returning to special measures, and to call on the Welsh Government to act. Labour and Plaid Cymru amendments were all rejected, and the original motion was also rejected, so nothing was agreed.
The Welsh Conservative motion as originally written, regretting the lack of improvement under special measures and calling on the Welsh Government to listen to health staff and deliver timely care.
Labour's Amendment 1 would replace most of the motion with text citing improved board stability and better planned care waiting times, and saying the Welsh Government is holding the board to account.
RejectedGovernment defeated
Plaid Cymru Debate - Wales-specific Covid inquiry
Plaid Cymru's Heledd Fychan asked the Senedd to call on the Welsh Government to set up a judge-led Wales-specific Covid inquiry. Welsh Conservative Darren Millar proposed adding a point about the special committee set up by the Senedd. The amendment was rejected, and so was the motion. Nothing was agreed.
Darren Millar's amendment, which would add a point saying the Senedd set up a special committee because the Welsh Government refused a Welsh Covid inquiry.
This was a vote on an amendment to the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill. Delyth Jewell of Plaid Cymru said it would require proposals or regulations on biodiversity gain, meaning a net benefit for nature, from major infrastructure projects. The amendment was agreed.
Whether to agree amendment 15, which the debate described as requiring proposals or regulations on biodiversity gain for major infrastructure projects.
This was a vote on amendment 61 to a bill about infrastructure consent, brought by Joel James of the Welsh Conservatives. It would have made Welsh Ministers decide applications, with the examining authority only advising. The Senedd rejected it.
How these votes work: the Senedd first votes on the motion as written. If that fails, it votes on each amendment in turn, then on the motion with any agreed changes.
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Plaid Cymru's Amendment 2 would ask the Welsh Government to publish a clear process for de-escalation (ending special measures), saying who decides and why.
Plaid Cymru's Amendment 3 would welcome Dyfed Edwards as new Chair and ask the Welsh Government for a timetable for appointing a full set of executive directors and independent members.
Rejected
For 27Against 27
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language