We now move to a point of order. I have two points of order I have notice of. The first one is from Neil McEvoy.
I have two points of order to raise, Deputy Presiding Officer. I've got two points of order to raise.
Yes, I've just called you to speak.
Okay, thank you. The first one is maintenance of order, 13.9, where the Presiding Officer must call to order any Member who, point (iv), is guilty of unbecoming conduct or, point (v), is using disorderly or offensive language. I think it's pretty clear that most of us heard certain things said by the Minister earlier, but nothing at all was said. So, I'd like that flagged up. I'd like it dealt with in the next session, please, because I think it's very important that all AMs are treated equally.
Moving on to the second point—
Okay, thank you. Can I just, on that point, say that there is another point of order coming in on that, and that was not what you gave us notice of for your point of order? So, move to the point of order you gave me notice for, please.
Okay. It's Standing Order 12.56, which gives Members the right to put questions in formally to the First Minister and get a reply. I think it's ridiculous that the Presiding Officer is continuing to enact Standing Order 34.18, in order to end the need for the Welsh Government to take questions from Assembly Members, as well as other business. There is no public health issue in the Assembly meeting now, because we're meeting virtually from our homes. Therefore, there is no health issue, and therefore there is no need for us to have a different kind of agenda. We should be returning to full business. Westminster is sitting, the Scottish Parliament is sitting. We need to get the economy working towards getting out of this lockdown and we have to start our National Assembly working normally. And the Standing Orders being relied upon are simply not credible. There is no public health issue now, because we are sitting virtually, so we should have a normal agenda, and that's my point of order.
Thank you very much for that and thank you for the notice on that. Can we say that the Business Committee did agree and have done considerable work on this and we did agree that we would introduce Standing Order 34 in order to put our work and our workload there. We were the first Parliament, as you know, to sit virtually. In view of the fact that requirements around oral questions and questions was an issue that was discussed, it was decided that we would go for statements from Ministers in the area of public health that is now COVID-19, and that is still the case. However, just to reassure you that we are constantly—the Llywydd and the Business Committee—reviewing the situation and we will look at how we can return to a more packed agenda in future. Thank you.
Point of order, then, Siân Gwenllian.
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. There was an incident earlier this afternoon when we heard the Minister for health being insulting towards a fellow Member who was asking entirely valid questions in the name of scrutiny and of holding the Government to account. Has the Minister made a request to you to make a statement about that incident and will you look into this to see whether any rules or procedures relating to the Senedd and Plenary were contravened during that event?
Can I thank the Member for that point of order? As you realise, working virtually, it is quite difficult and I'm not aware, and the Presiding Officer may have had contact. However, we will review the situation and we will come back to you. But thank you very much for raising that and for giving us notice of it—I appreciate that. But we will return to that, and if there is anything to inform the Plenary of, we certainly will do that in normal circumstances. Diolch.