Wednesday, 20 May 2020
The Senedd met by video-conference at 13:32 with the Llywydd (Elin Jones) in the Chair.
A warm welcome to this Senedd Plenary session. Before we begin, I want to make a few points. A Plenary meeting held by video-conference in accordance with the Standing Orders of the Welsh...
The first item of business this afternoon is the business statement and announcement and I call on the First Minister to make that statement.
I thank the First Minister. The next item is a statement by the First Minister on coronavirus.
The next item is the topical questions and the first question is to be asked to the Minister for Education and is to be asked by Helen Mary Jones. I can’t hear Helen Mary Jones at the...
My apologies, Llywydd, I was so busy concentrating on what was going on on the screen and making sure that I'd unmuted myself there, I forgot to move the microphone, I'm very sorry.
2. Will the Minister make a statement providing an update on the support and resources that will be available to local authorities in developing contact tracing capacity following publication of...
The next item is a statement by the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales on the response to coronavirus. And the Deputy Presiding Officer will take the chair for this item. Minister,...
We now move on to a motion to suspend the Standing Orders and I call on the First Minister to move that motion—Mark Drakeford.
The following amendments have been selected: amendments 1, 2 and 3 in the name of Darren Millar, and amendments 4, 5 and 9 in the name of Siân Gwenllian. In accordance with Standing Order...
That brings us on to item 6, which has been withdrawn. Then, the regulations, and, in accordance with Standing Order 12.24, unless a Member objects, the motions for the Health Protection...
Therefore, I ask the Minister for Health and Social Services to propose the motions on both sets of regulations—Vaughan Gething.
The next item is the Direct Payments to Farmers (Crop Diversification Derogation) (Wales) Regulations 2020. I call on the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to move this...
That brings us to voting time, and, as indicated on the agenda, today's votes will be conducted in accordance with Standing Order 34.11, and to remind everybody: each political group may nominate...
The Senedd, officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes laws for Wales, agrees certain taxes and scrutinises the Welsh Government. It is a bilingual institution, with both Welsh and English being the official languages of its business. From its creation in May 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the National Assembly for Wales (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru). – Wikipedia
