Summary

  • 9:00am: Finance Committee.

  • The plenary begins at 13.30, the first item on the agenda was questions to the minister for natural resources.

  • Next: Questions to the minister for education and skills.

  • Next: Debate on the Annual Compliance Report on the Assembly Commission's Official Languages Scheme.

  • Next: Individual Members' Debate: specialist first aid training for nursery staff.

  • Next: Plaid Cymru debate: Rural Development Programme.

  • Next: Short Debate: Stopping scams in Wales.

  1. Recesspublished at 17:33 BST 15 July 2015

    That's it until Tuesday September 15, it will come around soon enough!

    Have a good summer!

    Senedd
  2. Scamspublished at 17:18 BST 15 July 2015

    The final item of the day, and the term, is the Short Debate.

    Mike Hedges' chosen topic is "Stopping scams in Wales: action that can be taken to stop people becoming victims of scams".

  3. 'High quality'published at 17:10 BST 15 July 2015

    Deputy Minister for Farming and Food Rebecca Evans says investment made in recent years by the Welsh government has helped producers to develop and market "high quality food and drink."

    She says key activities include providing business support and grant assistance to Welsh companies in the sector, and improving Welsh food sector supply chains.

    Rebecca Evans
  4. Englandpublished at 17:06 BST 15 July 2015

    Former minister Alun Davies says reform of the levy is "essential and urgent".

    He adds, "I was once told by a Conservative minister that the current system benefits England and therefore will not be changed."

    Alun Davies
  5. Reformpublished at 16:42 BST 15 July 2015

    Liberal Democrat William Powell says there is an "urgent need" to reform the red meat levy and says his party welcomes the work by the Red Meat Industry Forum to develop proposals for the redistribution of this levy.

    Levies paid by farmers and processors help fund the promotional body in the country where animals are slaughtered.

  6. Supermarketspublished at 16:33 BST 15 July 2015

    The Conservative Russell George calls for a "voluntary code of practice for supermarkets and shops to dedicate a section of floor space to the support and promotion of Welsh PGI status and British Red Tractor meat."

    Russell George
  7. Red meat levypublished at 16:22 BST 15 July 2015

    Llŷr Gruffydd says Welsh farmers could be protected from the volatility of global markets by strengthening domestic supply chains.

    He calls on the Welsh Government to "make urgent representation to the UK government with a view to introducing a fairer red meat levy distribution system."

    Cow
  8. Plaid Cymru Debatepublished at 16:15 BST 15 July 2015

    Members move on to the Plaid Cymru Debate on the "serious difficulties facing the red meat and dairy sectors in Wales."

  9. Optionspublished at 16:14 BST 15 July 2015

    Huw Lewis says the Welsh government will support the motion before the Assembly, and is willing to assess the options.

  10. First aidpublished at 16:08 BST 15 July 2015

    Aled Roberts explains that training in paediatric first aid will be a legal requirement for nursery staff in England under government plans announced following a baby's death.

    Nine-month-old Millie Thompson, of Stockport, fatally choked on her lunch at Ramillies Hall School and Nursery in Cheadle Hulme, in October 2012.

    A review was conducted after an e-petition was set up by Millie's mother, Joanne.

  11. Debate by Individual Memberspublished at 15:58 BST 15 July 2015

    A Debate by Individual Members is now taking place.

    The proposal is that the National Assembly for Wales:

    1. Recognises the importance of specialist first aid training for nursery staff, so that they have the skills and training to respond quickly and appropriately in an emergency situation;

    2. Calls on the Welsh government to expand the provision of paediatric first aid training for nursery staff and to assess options for requiring all nursery staff to complete an officially recognised paediatric first aid course.

  12. Security team practicing Welshpublished at 15:56 BST 15 July 2015

    This video , externalshows members of the National Assembly for Wales security team practicing Welsh phrases they have learnt in their Welsh classes.

    Welsh AssemblyImage source, Welsh Assembly
  13. Documentspublished at 15:44 BST 15 July 2015

    Rhodri Glyn Thomas says we need more documents to be drafted in Welsh, rather than translated into Welsh.

  14. 'Difficult'published at 15:41 BST 15 July 2015

    Aled Roberts says it is particularly difficult to use Welsh in a committee "if you are the only Welsh speaker."

  15. 'Bilingual organisation'published at 15:37 BST 15 July 2015

    Rhodri Glyn Thomas says the Assembly is "nearing becoming a truly bilingual organisation" , but expresses concern about the amount of Welsh used in committees.

    Rhodri Glyn Thomas
  16. Official Languagespublished at 15:28 BST 15 July 2015

    Members move on to a Debate on the Annual Compliance Report on the Assembly Commission's Official Languages Scheme.

  17. Familiespublished at 15:28 BST 15 July 2015

    A report in May condemned treatment on the Tawel Fan unit at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd as "institutional abuse."

    Glan Clwyd Hospital - Tawel Fan unit
    Image caption,

    Families had described patients being treated like animals in a zoo at the Tawel Fan unit

    Families have since complained about a lack of information, and invitations to meetings sent to wrong addresses.

  18. Communicationpublished at 15:19 BST 15 July 2015

    The Deputy Minister for Health, Vaughan Gething says there is "no dispute that the errors in communication are not acceptable", but that changes have been made.

    Vaughan Gething
  19. Tawel Fanpublished at 15:12 BST 15 July 2015

    Darren Millar asks an Urgent Question "on the fresh concerns raised by the relatives of Tawel Fan patients over poor communication and a lack of progress in the health board's investigations to date".

  20. Housingpublished at 15:12 BST 15 July 2015

    Nick Ramsay refers to Wonastow Road, Monmouth which was subsequently earmarked for housing.

    He says the public "were getting the impression the Welsh government does not do finance."