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Apologies & announcements |
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Minutes of the previous meeting Minutes: The
minutes were noted by the Committee for publication. |
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Organisation of Business |
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This Week's Business Minutes: On
Tuesday, Voting Time would be after the final item of business. On Wednesday,
Business Committee agreed that Voting Time would take place before the Short
Debate. |
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Three week timetable of Government Business Minutes: Business
Committee noted the 3 Week Timetable of Government Business. |
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Three week timetable of Assembly Business Minutes: Business
Committee determined the organisation of business and agreed to schedule the
following items of business: Wednesday 10 December
2014 – ·
Debate
by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv) NNDM5636 Simon Thomas (Mid and
West Wales) Julie Morgan (Cardiff
North) Mick Antoniw
(Pontypridd) Alun Ffred Jones (Arfon) Angela Burns (Carmarthen
West and South Pembrokeshire) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Supports
the principles of the Assisted Dying Bill. The
Assisted Dying Bill is available at: http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/assisteddying.html Wednesday 21 January
2015 – ·
Debate
on the Enterprise and Business Committee's report on Tourism (60 mins) ·
Debate
by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv) (60 mins) ·
Time
allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins) Business
Committee agreed to re-schedule the following item of business from 10 December
2014 to a future meeting: ·
Debate
by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv) (60 mins) NNDM5630 Antoinette Sandbach
(North Wales) Bethan Jenkins (South
Wales West) Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff
Central) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Notes that: a)
women have made a huge contribution to the working life of Wales and continue
to be a vital part of the Welsh economy; b)
it is nearly 100 years since women got the vote and nearly 40 years since the
Equal Pay Act; c)
the Welsh Government has an important part to play in ensuring that there is
not institutional discrimination present in the workplace. 2.
Calls on the Welsh Government not to award any procurement contracts or Welsh
Government grant monies to any company that does not have any female directors
on their board. |
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Committees |
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Agreeing the membership of an Assembly Committee Minutes: Business
Committee considered issues with regards to agreeing the membership of the
Assembly Committee to consider the protection of children from battery
inflicted on grounds of reasonable punishment. Business
Managers agreed in principle to table a motion under Standing Order 17.3 to
establish the membership of the Committee. By means of weighted voting in
accordance with Standing Order 11.5(ii), Business Managers voted in favour of a
membership comprising of 2 Labour Members and a representative of each of the
other party groups, and for the Committee to be chaired by a Labour Member.
Labour and the Welsh Liberal Democrats voted in favour of the committee
membership, while the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru voted against. However, by means of weighted voting in accordance with Standing Order 11.5(iv), Business Managers voted against scheduling a debate on the motion. Labour and the Welsh Liberal Democrats voted in favour of scheduling a debate on the motion, while the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru voted against. |
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Plenary |
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Christmas Recess Tabling Arrangements Minutes: Business
Committee approved the proposed tabling arrangements for the Christmas recess
period. |
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Any Other Business The
Minister informed the Business Committee that although it is not on the Business
Statement yet, the Welsh Government will be scheduling a debate on the Council
Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales)
(Amendment) Regulations 2015 on 20th January 2015. As there will be a shorter period than usual
available to scrutinise the Regulations, the Minister for Public Services has
written to Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee (CLAC) and has had
a response. The debate will be added to
the Business Statement for next week’s meeting, once the Minister is able to
share a draft of the Regulations with CLAC.
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