Minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies & announcements

3.

Organisation of Business

3.1

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.

3.2

Three week timetable of Government Business

Minutes:

Business Committee noted the 3 Week Timetable of Government Business.

3.3

Three week timetable of Assembly Business

Minutes:

Business Committee determined the organisation of business and agreed to schedule the following items of business:

 

Wednesday 22 April 2015 –

·         Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv) (60 mins)

 

NNDM5715
Bethan Jenkins (South Wales West)
William Graham (South Wales East)
Lynne Neagle (Torfaen)
William Powell (Mid and West Wales)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Calls upon the Welsh Government to

a) Instigate a moratorium on opencast mining across Wales, in order to ascertain whether planning law and current guidance provides sufficient protection for communities affected by opencast mining;

b) Respond to the Research into the Failure to Restore Opencast Coal Sites in South Wales, stating specifically how it might address concerns about the workability of MTAN2 and the 500m buffer zone; and

c) Support affected local authorities to make legal challenges, where required, when pursing restoration.

·         Time allocated to the Welsh Liberal Democrats (60 mins)

 

Wednesday 29 April 2015

 

·         Time allocated to the Welsh Liberal Democrats (60 mins)

·         Time allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins)

 

Wednesday 6 May 2015

·         Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)

·         Time allocated to the Welsh Conservatives (60 mins)

·         Time allocated to Plaid Cymru (60 mins)

 

4.

Legislation

4.1

Legislative Consent Motions - UK Legislative Programme 2014-15

Minutes:

Business Managers noted the paper brought forward by the Minister for Government outlining the Welsh Government’s final assessment of the UK Government’s legislative programme for the fourth session of this Parliament.

2.

Minutes of the previous meeting

Minutes:

The minutes were noted by the Committee for publication.