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Business Statement and Announcement
The next item is the business statement and announcement. I call on the Trefnydd to make that statement. Jane Hutt.
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Motion to approve the nomination of a Counsel General
There are no other speakers. The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? No. Therefore, the motion is agreed and Julie James has been elected Counsel General. We wish her well with that work.
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Motion to approve the nomination of a Counsel General
That allows us to take item 5, the motion to approve the nomination of a Counsel General. I call on the First Minister to make that nomination. Eluned Morgan.
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Motion to suspend Standing Orders
Are there any objections to the proposal to suspend Standing Orders? There are none. Therefore, that is agreed.
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Motion to suspend Standing Orders
We will now move to item 4, a motion to suspend Standing Orders to allow the next item of business to take place. The First Minister to move formally.
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Questions to the Counsel General
The next item is postponed. That's item 3, questions to the Counsel General.
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Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister.
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Questions to the First Minister
And finally, question 8, Paul Davies.
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Questions to the First Minister
Leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Questions to the First Minister
Can I have some silence to hear the First Minister, please?
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Questions to the First Minister
Questions now from the party leaders. The leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew R.T. Davies.
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Questions to the First Minister
We will now move on to questions to the First Minister, and the first question this afternoon is from Buffy Williams.
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Nominations for Committee Chairs
That’s been seconded by Lesley Griffiths. Are there any further nominations? There are none. And as there is just one nomination, I will ask if there are any objections to that nomination—any objections to the nomination of Hannah Blythyn as Chair of the…
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Nominations for Committee Chairs
Julie Morgan nominates Hannah Blythyn. Is there a seconder for that nomination?
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Nominations for Committee Chairs
Joyce Watson seconds that nomination. Are there any further nominations? No, there are no further nominations. As we have more than one nomination, there will be a secret ballot held for the Chair of the Petitions Committee. I now invite nominations for Chair…
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Nominations for Committee Chairs
Carolyn Thomas has been nominated by Buffy Williams. Is there a seconder for that nomination?
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Nominations for Committee Chairs
Yes, that's seconded by Mick Antoniw. Are there any further nominations for the Chair of the Petitions Committee?
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Nominations for Committee Chairs
Rhianon Passmore is nominated. Is there a seconder to that nomination?
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Nominations for Committee Chairs
Item 1 is next, which is nominations for committee Chairs. I now invite nominations, under Standing Order 17.2F, for the election of committee Chairs. Only a member of the political group that has been allocated that committee may be nominated as Chair, and…
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Statement by the Llywydd
Good afternoon and welcome to this Plenary meeting. Welcome back after the summer recess. Before we move to our first item, I wish to inform the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 26.75, that the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 was given…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Many congratulations to the new First Minister, Eluned Morgan, and thank you all for your contributions this morning. We will next meet in September, unless there is a need for another recall before then. So, that brings today's proceedings to a close. Thank…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Twenty-five years later, we've finally smashed through that glass funnel. [Laughter.]
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Jane Dodds.
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Andrew R.T. Davies.
