Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd/Zoom
Meeting date:
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Meeting time: 13.30
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This meeting will be held in a
hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others
joining by video-conference.
Having consulted with the Business Committee, the Llywydd has
determined that in accordance with Standing Order 34.14A-D, Members
will be able to vote from any location by electronic
means.
The Llywydd also gives notice, in accordance with Standing Order
34.15, that the public have been excluded from attending this
Plenary meeting, as is required to protect public health. The
meeting will continue to be broadcast live and the record of
proceedings will be published as usual.
1 Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd
(45 mins)
2 Questions to the Minister for Education
(45 mins)
3 Questions to the Senedd Commission
(30 mins)
4 Topical Questions
(0 mins)
No Topical Questions have been accepted
5 90 Second Statements
(5 mins)
6 Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal - Welsh Hearts Bill
(30 mins)
NDM7427 Alun Davies (Blaenau Gwent)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes a proposal for a Welsh hearts Bill to improve the outcomes for people who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
2. Notes that the purpose of the Bill would be to place a duty on:
a) Welsh Ministers to publish a strategy to improve the outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and to develop pathways for survival for the whole country;
b) local authorities to plan to ensure sufficient access to community defibrillators in each part of their area;
c) Welsh Ministers to ensure that training in CPR is provided for people throughout Wales;
d) health boards to collaborate in the production of regional pathway of survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests; and
e) Welsh Ministers to report to the Senedd on the progress of their strategy against objectives every year.
Co-submitters
Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central)
7 Debate on Petition P-05-1003: Demand an EIA now on the dumping of radioactively contaminated mud in Welsh waters
(30 min)
NDM7438 Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the petition ‘P-05-1003 Demand an EIA now on the dumping of radioactively contaminated mud in Welsh waters’ which received 10,692 signatures.
P-05-1003 Demand an EIA now on the dumping of radioactively contaminated mud in Welsh waters
8 Plaid Cymru debate - The future of education
(60 mins)
NDM7440 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) provide timely reassurance to pupils and teachers by making an immediate statement that examinations will not be held in Wales in summer 2021 and will instead be replaced by teacher assessment;
b) ensure young people have the skills they need for the future and are given a fair opportunity to demonstrate attainment of those skills through a reformed Welsh system of assessment and qualifications aligned to the new curriculum of Wales by scrapping outdated GCSE and A-Level examinations;
c) ensure that every pupil leaves the education system as bilingual citizens, by:
i) taking further steps to ensure the new curriculum facilitates fluency in Welsh as a norm by increasing Welsh medium education in every sector and learning phase; and
ii) committing to introducing a Deddf Addysg Gymraeg;
d) ensure every pupil has an understanding of Wales’s diverse heritage and identity by making the history of Wales, including black and people of colour history as an integral part of the history of Wales, a mandatory element in the Curriculum and Assessment Bill;
e) uphold the rights of all pupils in the Pontypridd area and elsewhere to a Welsh-medium education in their own community and within a reasonable distance to their homes by promoting widely the precedents arising from the administrative court’s judgement in Driver v. RCT County Borough Council in relation to the proper undertaking of Welsh language impact assessments in school reorganisation proposals;
f) prioritise the mental health and wellbeing of our students by ensuring the mental health and wellbeing areas of learning and expertise are given due attention in the Curriculum and Assessment Bill, and monitor medium and long-term trends in mental health provision in schools;
g) urgently, support further education students learning from home by ensuring they have access to adequate broadband provision and equipment, and urgently assess the need to safely reopen public workspaces for students who cannot work at home;
h) prevent apprentices from slipping into poverty by guaranteeing full wage protections during workplace closures, and provide additional support/guidance if they are made redundant;
i) uphold the legal rights of students by ensuring they are treated equally to the rest of the public with regards to COVID-19 restrictions, including a guarantee that students can return home before the Christmas period with appropriate testing safeguards in place.
Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill
Amendment 1 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete sub-points (a) and (b) and replace with:
'take all steps to ensure that pupils in Wales have the opportunity to sit general and vocational exams this school year, including if the school year is extended;
set a date by which a decision must be made on whether exams will go ahead, with such dates allowing for a credible and robust system of externally moderated centre assessment grades to be implemented instead;'
Amendment 2 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete sub-point (c) (i) and replace with:
'introducing a Welsh language continuum code to assist practitioners to deliver the aim of improving fluency through the curriculum;'
Amendment 3 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert as new sub-point (c) (ii) and renumber accordingly:
'abiding by the judgment in Driver v. RCT County Borough Council;
Amendment 4 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert as new sub-point after point (c) and renumber accordingly:
'ensure young people have the skills they need for the future and are given a fair opportunity to demonstrate attainment of those skills through an improved system of assessment and general qualifications aligned to the new curriculum of Wales and via access to courses leading to recognised vocational qualifications;'
Amendment 5 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete sub-point (e) and renumber accordingly.
Amendment 6 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert as new sub-point after sub-point (g) and renumber accordingly:
'better reflect the recommendations of the Mind Over Matter report and the observations of the Children’s Commissioner in delivery of the curriculum, and monitor outcomes;'
Amendment 7 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete sub-point (h) and renumber accordingly.
Amendment 8 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new points at end of motion:
Recognises the disruption caused to pupils’ education by the Welsh Government's response to COVID-19.
Recognises the commitment and flexibility of all staff delivering education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amendment 9 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert as new sub-point at end of motion:
'make an urgent statement on the support provided to apprentices and trainees.'
In accordance with Standing Order 12.23 (iii) amendment 10 tabled to the motion has not been selected.
9 Voting Time
10 Short Debate
(30 mins)
NDM7439 Joyce Watson (Mid and West Wales)
Broaden the spectrum: adding blue to the green recovery.
Putting our seas at the heart of the green economy and post-COVID-19 social settlement.
The Senedd will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 3 November 2020