Legislative Consent Motion: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Sarah Murphy (Welsh Labour), the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, asked the Senedd to agree that the UK Parliament can legislate on devolved parts of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. She said it would create a smoke-free generation and tighten vape rules. The Senedd agreed the motion.
Whether the Senedd agrees that the UK Parliament should consider the parts of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill that cover devolved matters, as the Welsh Government proposed.
Agreed
For 36Against 9Abstain 2
Stage 4 of the Bus Services (Wales) Bill
Ken Skates, Welsh Labour's Cabinet Secretary for Transport, asked the Senedd to approve the Bus Services (Wales) Bill. He said it would put people first in how buses are designed and run. The Welsh Conservatives said they would vote against it, citing a lack of focus on rural buses. The Senedd approved the Bill.
The Welsh Conservatives, led by Paul Davies, asked the Senedd to back small businesses. They called for business rates to be scrapped for small firms and for other changes. Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru each proposed replacement wording. The Senedd rejected both amendments and the original motion, so nothing was agreed.
Welsh Labour's Jane Hutt proposed replacing everything after point 2 with wording that recognises Welsh Government support for small businesses, such as Business Wales, micro loans and rates relief.
RejectedGovernment defeated
Amendment 165
This was a committee debate on a Bill to close the environmental governance gap left after Brexit. Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru) moved amendment 165, on the Bill's environmental objective. Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies (Welsh Labour) opposed it. The amendment was rejected.
Whether to agree amendment 165, moved by Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru), the only amendment in the first group, which covers the Bill's environmental objective.
This was a committee stage debate on amendments to an environmental governance Bill. Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru) spoke on an amendment about the environmental objective, and Huw Irranca-Davies (Welsh Labour) opposed it. The wording of Amendment 1 is not available. The committee rejected it.
Joel James (Welsh Conservatives) proposed Amendment 60 to a homelessness Bill, so people with no local connection anywhere in the UK would still get support. Jayne Bryant (Welsh Labour) opposed it as too broad. The Senedd rejected the amendment.
This was a Stage 3 debate on a homelessness Bill. Joel James (Welsh Conservatives) proposed amendment 64, so that councils could only end their duty to help an applicant as a last resort, and only if they show they have no other option. The Senedd rejected it.
Vote on amendment 64, which asked that councils end their duty to help a homeless applicant only as a last resort, and only after showing they have no other option.
Plaid Cymru's Siân Gwenllian proposed amendment 46 to a homelessness Bill. It would make Welsh Ministers publish a report by the end of 2031 on how the 'ask and act' duty works. The Government said its own review amendments already cover this. The Senedd rejected amendment 46.
This was a committee vote on Amendment 6 to a housing Bill about homelessness. Joel James (Welsh Conservatives) wanted people with no local connection anywhere in the UK to keep getting support. Jayne Bryant (Welsh Labour) said it went too far. The committee agreed the amendment.
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Plaid Cymru's Heledd Fychan proposed replacing the Welsh Government calls with new ones, including wider business rates support for pubs and leisure firms, and more help for co-operatives.
Rejected
For 11Against 36
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government