Third Assembly Plenary Meeting
Votes and Proceedings (146)
Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Time: 13.30
Item 1: Questions to the First Minister
The first 10 questions were answered. Questions 7 and 8 were withdrawn.
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14.22
Item 2: Business Statement and Announcement
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14.40
Point of Order
Angela Burns raised a Point of Order on the provision of papers to Assembly Committees by the Welsh Government for the purposes of scrutiny inquiries.
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14.42
Item 3: Statement by the First Minister: The Welsh Assembly Government`s Legislative Programme 2009/10
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Item 4: Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Health Commission Wales Consultation - This will be issued as a written statement
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15.42
Item 5: Motion to approve The Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009
NDM4264 Carwyn Jones (Bridgend)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 24.4:
Approves that the draft The Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 17 June 2009 and the Explanatory Memorandum laid in the Table Office on 17 June 2009.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35
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15.43
Item 6: Debate on the General Principles of the Proposed Education (Wales) Measure
NDM4265 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 23.24:
Agrees to the general principles of the Proposed Education (Wales) Measure.
The Proposed Education (Wales) Measure and Explanatory Memorandum were laid before the Assembly on 27 April 2009;
The report of Legislation Committee No. 3 on the Proposed Education (Wales) Measure was laid before the Assembly on 7 July 2009.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35
NDM4266 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Proposed Education (Wales) Measure, agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in Standing Order 23.80(ii) (b) and (c), arising in consequence of the Measure.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35
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16.38
Point of Order
Carwyn Jones raised a Point of Order relating to ministerial written responses to the Chair of the Finance Committee.
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16.40
Item 7: Legislative Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Local Government: The Proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Local Government) Order 2009
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