Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

5,126 speeches and questions

19 March 2024Plenary
Voting Time
And that brings us to voting time. And unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung, I will move immediately to voting time. The first vote is on item 3, the final report of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales. I call for a…
19 March 2024Plenary
& 12. Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 2
Next, the proposal is to agree the motion under item 12. Does any Member object? [Objection.] Yes, there are objections. We will therefore defer voting until voting time.
19 March 2024Plenary
& 12. Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 2
The proposal is to agree the motion under item 11. Does any Member object? [Objection.] Yes, there are objections. I will therefore defer voting under this item until voting time.
19 March 2024Plenary
& 12. Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 2
I have no other speakers, and Counsel General, do you wish to add anything else, or just move?
19 March 2024Plenary
& 12. Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 1 and Legislative Consent Motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill—motion 2
So, I will now call on the Counsel General to actually move those two motions.
19 March 2024Plenary
Motion to suspend Standing Orders
Before you move on, let me do the business first, Counsel General. In accordance with Standing Order 12.24, unless a Member objects, the two motions under items 11 and 12 will be grouped for debate but with separate votes. Are there any objections to that? No.
19 March 2024Plenary
Motion to suspend Standing Orders
Thank you. [Laughter.] That's the first step. [Laughter.] You can continue now, because, clearly, under the Standing Orders—. Where am I? [Laughter.] Before I move on, is there an objection to the temporary Standing Order change? There are no objections…
19 March 2024Plenary
Motion to suspend Standing Orders
Counsel General, are you moving the motion to suspend Standing Orders?
19 March 2024Plenary
Motion to suspend Standing Orders
Item 10, motion to suspend Standing Orders, to allow items 11 and 12, legislative consent motions on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill to be debated and I call on the Counsel General and Minister for the…
19 March 2024Plenary
The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? No. The motion is therefore agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
19 March 2024Plenary
The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
I call on the Minister to reply to the debate.
19 March 2024Plenary
The Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
We'll move now to item 9, the Packaging Waste (Data Collection and Reporting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. I call on the Minister for Climate Change to move the motion—Julie James.
19 March 2024Plenary
The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? No. The motion is therefore agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
19 March 2024Plenary
The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
I call on the Deputy Minister to reply to the debate.
19 March 2024Plenary
The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
I call on the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee.
19 March 2024Plenary
The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
So, we'll move to item 8, the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. And I call on the Deputy Minister for Social Services to move the motion—Julie Morgan.
19 March 2024Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Rebalancing care and support
And item 7 is withdrawn.
19 March 2024Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Flood Investment Programme 2024-25
And item 6 is withdrawn.
19 March 2024Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Flood Investment Programme 2024-25
We'll now move on to item 6 on the agenda.
19 March 2024Plenary
Group 9: Part 8—Supplementary functions: Infrastructure policy statements (Amendment 20)
Just to remind Members, amendment 38 has already fallen. Therefore, we have now reached the end of our Stage 3 consideration of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill. I declare that all sections of and Schedules to the Bill are deemed agreed. And that concludes…
19 March 2024Plenary
Group 9: Part 8—Supplementary functions: Infrastructure policy statements (Amendment 20)
The question is that amendment 20 be agreed to. Does any Member object? There are no objections. Therefore amendment 20 is agreed.
19 March 2024Plenary
Group 9: Part 8—Supplementary functions: Infrastructure policy statements (Amendment 20)
Janet, do you want to say anything else?
19 March 2024Plenary
Group 9: Part 8—Supplementary functions: Infrastructure policy statements (Amendment 20)
Minister.
19 March 2024Plenary
Group 9: Part 8—Supplementary functions: Infrastructure policy statements (Amendment 20)
The ninth and final group of amendments relates to Part 8—supplementary functions: infrastructure policy statements. The only amendment in this group is amendment 20, and I call on Janet Finch-Saunders to move and speak to the amendment.
19 March 2024Plenary
Group 8: Part 6—Infrastructure Consent Orders (Amendments 31, 17, 18, 19, 3, 2)
The question is that amendment 2 be agreed. Does any Member object? There is no objection. Therefore, amendment 2 is agreed.