The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Jane Hutt (Welsh Labour) asked the Senedd to approve regulations raising the minimum tax rate under multiple dwellings relief in Land Transaction Tax from 1 to 3 per cent. Mark Drakeford said this makes the tax fairer. The Senedd approved the regulations.
Whether to approve the draft regulations that raise the minimum tax rate for multiple dwellings relief claims from 1 to 3 per cent.
Agreed
For 36Against 10Abstain 1
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Jane Hutt, for Welsh Labour, asked the Senedd to approve a draft order bringing domestic maritime emissions into the UK emissions trading scheme from 1 July 2026, for vessels of 5,000 gross tonnage or above. The Senedd agreed to approve it.
Whether to approve the draft order extending the UK emissions trading scheme to domestic maritime activities, as laid on 13 January 2026.
Agreed
For 36Against 11
Debate: Stage 4 of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill
Jayne Bryant, the Welsh Labour Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, asked the Senedd to give final approval to the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 3. She said it was shaped by people with experience of homelessness. The Senedd agreed the motion, approving the Bill.
Whether the Senedd should give final approval to the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 3, so that it can move towards becoming law.
The Senedd debated amendments to a Bill on environmental governance, which Plaid Cymru's Delyth Jewell welcomed. She said it fills a gap left after Brexit and gives people in Wales a stronger voice. The Senedd voted on amendment 5, a proposed change to the Bill, and rejected it.
This was a Stage 3 vote on a Bill about environmental governance. Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru) proposed amendment 52, asking Welsh Ministers to report at least once each Senedd term on closing the oversight gap for reserved bodies such as the Crown Estate. The Senedd rejected it.
Whether to agree amendment 52, which would require Welsh Ministers to report each Senedd term on closing the environmental oversight gap for reserved authorities.
During debate on a Bill about recalling Members of the Senedd, Plaid Cymru's Sioned Williams proposed amendment 4. It would bar a Member removed by a recall poll from standing for election again for four years. The Senedd rejected it, so the Bill stays as it was.
Agenda item: Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Welsh Government's response to the Committees report on the Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill
Agenda item: Correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: The Welsh Government's response to the Committees report on the Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill