24 September 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you. Noted. All agreed? Okay. We'll move on to P-07-1611, 'Allocate the full consequential funding to Additional Learning Needs (ALN)'. 'We call on the Welsh Government to allocate and ring-fence the £500m in consequential funding from English SEND…
24 September 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you very much. Would anybody like to come in on that one? I'll start. I'm not satisfied with the Cabinet Minister's response. I do feel that this petition has been batted off slightly. There are 12,154 people who have felt the need to sign a petition…
24 September 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
We also need a decision on this one as to whether or not to request a Plenary debate. I am minded to do so, but I would probably not do it immediately, not until we've heard from the WLGA on their current ability to seek enforcement. So, I think that we…
24 September 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Would anybody else like to come in? No. Just from my point of view, obviously animal welfare is something that resonates strongly across Wales and it's something that we should be enforcing where we can. I think that the people of Wales will agree with that…
24 September 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Item 2, new petitions, petitions being considered in the committee for the first time. I will invite Members to comment on these petitions as we go through them in turn. The first one is P-06-1587, 'Ban the tethering of horses and get them help when…
24 September 2026 , Petitions Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good afternoon, everybody. I'd like to welcome you all to the meeting of the Petitions Committee here at the Senedd. As a reminder, this meeting is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Going through the…
22 September 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy: Welsh Defence Ethical Framework
Thank you for your statement, Minister. At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and a fragile economic outlook, we should not be placing political ideology ahead of Welsh security, Welsh jobs and Welsh investment. What we should be doing is everything…
22 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
We've all been elected.
22 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
Diolch, Lywydd. Yet, the Member keeps their seat, alongside their very generous salary. Now, some learned legal minds, such as yourself, could consider that to be fraud by misrepresentation. So, Counsel General, does Welsh electoral law provide any legal…
22 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
They can't choose another candidate—[Interruption.]
22 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
Counsel General, under Wales's electoral law voting system, voters get one vote for a political party and its list of candidates, so there's a very clear statement of accountability. What happens when a candidate asks voters to back one party, gets elected on…
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Short Debate: Congestion isn't inevitable: How the Welsh Government and Cardiff Council can improve the lives of motorists in Cardiff and the surrounding regions
The eastern bay link road shows exactly what happens when Government actually invests in road infrastructure. Fifty-seven million pounds was spent connecting Cardiff Bay directly to Rover Way. It improved connections, reduced journey times and helped to ease…
16 September 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
Before I begin, can I please take the opportunity to congratulate my former colleague on her latest defection yesterday? I'm sure that her newfound political beliefs and journey to the left will have her back in the Conservative Party in no time at all. But…
15 September 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Drefnydd. I'd like to request a statement from the Deputy Minister for Transport following the deeply concerning rise in the number of people killed or seriously injured on Welsh roads. Now, every one of these statistics represents a person, a family…
14 July 2026 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion: Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Reform believes Britain must do everything it can to retain the ability to make its own steel. Our MPs supported this Bill in Westminster, and today we will support it in the Senedd. But, we have to be very clear, this Bill comes far too late. The workers and…
14 July 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Deputy Llywydd. Can I have a statement from the housing Minister on the latest housing policy for women fleeing abusive relationships? A few weeks ago I met with Grace Andellten, a brave and courageous domestic abuse survivor. From her harrowing…
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and from the meeting on 16 July
The next section is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of this meeting, and the committee’s next scheduled meeting on 16 July at 15:00. And that concludes our public business for today. So…
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
Papers to note
Great point. Thank you. The next one is P-06-1572, 'Lead and fund a long-term flood mitigation solution for the B4318 and Tenby catchment'. I invite Members to note the correspondence relating to a closed petition, which has been shared with the petitioner…
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
Papers to note
So, we'll move on now to agenda item 4, papers to note. Now, these papers do not require decisions or discussions by the committee, but please make it known if you'd like to comment on any of them, and they are in your packs. So, the first one there is…
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, okay. Good brief. Does anybody else have anything to add? No. Okay. We will do that, then—the agreed action to seek a response to the petition from Welsh Government, and we'll obviously include the petitioner's view that additional safeguards are not…
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes. I don't disagree with that. All right. Any other comments to add? If we're all agreed, then, we'll seek a response from the Welsh Government and share that with the petitioner for comment before further consideration. Okay. Thank you very much. The next…
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, absolutely. Thank you. Elwyn.
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Janet. Can I just apologise, as well, to the submitter? I neglected to mention that during the introduction—Nia. It's important we recognise the people who submitted them, and I apologise for missing that in the brief. Has anybody got any…
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, absolutely. We just don't know the damage vapes are doing either. They're still fairly new. So, I wholeheartedly support the action that we're about to take on this and look forward to seeing it progress in time. Is there anything anybody would like to…
9 July 2026 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, I completely agree.
