Elin Jones: Thank you to the Minister. All tabled questions answered well within allocated time—it's making me think we should go back to 15 questions being allowed to be tabled, with that record. Thank you to the Minister.
Elin Jones: Item 3 is next, the topical question. The question is to be asked by James Evans, and is to be answered by the Minister for education. James Evans.
Elin Jones: Thank you, Minister.
Elin Jones: I have agreed to a point of order, and Heledd Fychan with that point of order.
Elin Jones: Alun Davies, further to that point of order.
Elin Jones: And the Deputy Minister herself is intending to, or wanting to, contribute to the point of order. Dawn Bowden.
Elin Jones: Thank you to the Deputy Minister. Unusually, I've allowed a point of order on a piece of committee business for this session. I've heard all the perspectives of the Members involved, and, as Members know, we're in a new way of working: this is uncharted territory to a certain extent. Guidance, as Heledd Fychan has said, has been issued to Members. We have new experience as of this morning....
Elin Jones: The 90-second statements are next. The only statement today is from Sioned Williams.
Elin Jones: The Minister for Health and Social Services now to contribute to the debate, Eluned Morgan.
Elin Jones: Rhun ap Iorwerth now to reply to the debate.
Elin Jones: The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? [Objection.] There is objection. We will, therefore, defer voting until voting time.
Elin Jones: Unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung we will move immediately to voting time.
Elin Jones: So, we have a single vote this afternoon, on the debate that's just been held, on item 7, which is the Plaid Cymru debate on management of NHS pressures. I therefore call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Siân Gwenllian. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 27, no abstentions, 28 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed.
Elin Jones: That concludes voting for today. But, our work continues as we move to the short debate.
Elin Jones: Today's short debate is to be presented by Janet Finch-Saunders.
Elin Jones: If I can ask Members to leave the Chamber quietly, especially those of you who are currently surrounding Janet Finch-Saunders. Any Members wishing to leave the Chamber, do so quietly and quickly, and then Janet Finch-Saunders can start and introduce her debate.
Elin Jones: Good afternoon and welcome to this Plenary meeting. The first item on our agenda this afternoon is questions to the First Minister, and the first question is from Jane Dodds.
Elin Jones: Questions now from the party leaders. Leader of the Conservatives, Andrew R.T. Davies.
Elin Jones: Leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price.
Elin Jones: And finally, question 8, Rhianon Passmore.