Elin Jones: Plaid Cymru spokesperson, Simon Thomas.
Elin Jones: UKIP spokesperson, Neil Hamilton.
Elin Jones: Question 6 [OAQ(5)0070(ERA)] was withdrawn. Question 7, John Griffiths.
Elin Jones: I thank the Cabinet Secretary.
Elin Jones: The next item is questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children, and the first question—Andrew R.T. Davies.
Elin Jones: Questions now from the party spokespeople. The UKIP spokesperson, Michelle Brown.
Elin Jones: Plaid Cymru spokesperson, Bethan Jenkins.
Elin Jones: The Welsh Conservatives’ spokesperson, Mark Isherwood.
Elin Jones: We’ll move on to the 90-second statements and I’ll call Vikki Howells.
Elin Jones: One of the privileges of my role as the Assembly Member for Ceredigion is that I represent the fine town of Cardigan, Aberteifi. The name Aberteifi derives from its location on the banks of the majestic river Teifi. Its English name reflects an Anglicisation of Ceredigion—‘gwlad Ceredig’, Ceredig’s land, one-time king of Ceredigion. Many centuries later, it was the seventh Earl of...
Elin Jones: I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education to move amendment 2 tabled in the name of Jane Hutt.
Elin Jones: Formally. Paul Davies.
Elin Jones: This is an intervention and you’ve made your intervention—
Elin Jones: No. Andrew R. T. Davies.
Elin Jones: There’s no request—. Yes, there is a request to give way.
Elin Jones: Order. Can we just listen to the Member, please?
Elin Jones: I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams.
Elin Jones: I call on Angela Burns to reply to the debate.
Elin Jones: The proposal is to agree the motion without amendment. Does any Member object? [Objection.] I will defer voting under this item until voting time.
Elin Jones: I have accepted a third urgent question under Standing Order 12.66, and, before I ask Adam Price to ask the question, I want to thank the Deputy Presiding Officer for responding comprehensively to the point of order earlier this afternoon. I would only add that it’s fair to say that I’m always going to be minded to accept urgent questions when I believe Members deserve an opportunity to...