Amendment 1—Lesley Griffiths Delete point 3 and replace with: Welcomes the Welsh Government’s decision to: a) ease restrictions from 15 January so that outdoor events involving up to 500 people or spectators can take place; b) remove wider protections for outdoor events from 21 January, if conditions allow; c) complete the move to alert level zero from 28 January, if conditions allow; and...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...and our top priority was always to enable children to return to face-to-face learning. The last Senedd approved previous amendments to the regulations that began the cautious, step-by-step move to alert level 3. Amendment regulations numbers 6, 7, 8, and 9, which are before us today, continued this incremental move to alert level 3 that was completed on 3 May. These have meant significant...
Motion NDM7891 as amended: To propose that the Senedd: 1. Believes that sport, recreation and exercise are essential for people’s physical and mental health. 2. Recognises the impact on the Welsh hospitality industry of the latest COVID-19 restrictions. 3. Welcomes the Welsh Government’s decision to: a) ease restrictions from 15 January so that outdoor events involving up to 500 people or...
Julie Morgan: We published revised care home visiting guidance on 1 February, which is consistent with the overarching guidance on alert levels for social care services. We are acutely aware of the impact on people’s well-being of prolonged separation from loved ones while visiting restrictions are in place. We will continue to keep the approach under close review.
Russell George: 1. Will the Minister make a statement on the Grange University Hospital’s declaration of a black alert last night? TQ615
Russell George: 1. Will the Minister provide an update on the University Hospital of Wales issuing a black alert regarding a significant and sustained adverse demand on services? TQ902
Mark Drakeford: Llywydd, today we are also publishing an updated version of our coronavirus control plan, which sets out more broadly how we can move beyond the current alert level 1 to a new alert level 0. The Cabinet's intention is that Wales should move to alert level 0 on 7 August, provided the public health position in three weeks' time still allows us to do so. I emphasise today, as I always do, the...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...out the legislative framework for four warning levels that are outlined in the coronavirus control plan. As noted in the regulations, a review must be undertaken every three weeks. In the review on 14 July, it was noted that cases of the coronavirus were increasing in the community, primarily as a result of the Delta variant, but the high vaccination rates meant that the number of those...
Motion NNDM7523 as amended: To propose that the Senedd: 1. Notes the Written Statement issued by the First Minister on 11 December 2020 about new levels of restrictions to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in Wales. 2. Welcomes the announcement of new alert levels in Wales that allow for the regional and local application of restrictions in response to the scientific evidence and...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the motion before us today. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020 set out the legislative framework for the four alert levels described in the coronavirus management plan. Since February, and until recently, we have seen improvements in the situation in Wales. The number of cases of coronavirus and the...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...rise in the number of delta variant cases brings a new level of uncertainty. Public Health Wales has reported that this more transmissible variant is now the dominant variant in Wales. The No. 11 amendment regulations before us today provided for Wales to move in part to alert level 1 from 7 June. We're moving to alert level 1 in a phased way rather than in one step. This reflects the...
Mark Drakeford: Today, Llywydd, as we start this sixth Senedd, the public health position in Wales has moved significantly forward, and we are now at alert level 2. The hard work of everyone across Wales, combined with our successful vaccination programme, means we continue to have the lowest coronavirus rates in the United Kingdom, at around 10 cases per 100,000 of the population, and a positivity rate that...
Rebecca Evans: ...recently announced an additional £2.5 million being made available to compensate those businesses, such as indoor attractions and wedding venues, who are still affected by the staged transition to alert level 1. The supplementary budget sets out the allocations which have been made to date. However, you'll be aware that, in the final budget, I did earmark up to £200 million of additional...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...in Wales, the delta variant brings a new level of uncertainty. It was in this context that the most recent review of the coronavirus restrictions took place, on 3 June. Whilst Wales is moving to alert level 1, as previously signalled, we will now do this in a phased way. Changes to the regulations from 7 June therefore focused on easing restriction on outdoor events and activities. The...
Vaughan Gething: ...has to take account of the position we find ourselves in, both with the path of easements that are being unlocked—and we're in a good position, having announced the phased move to go fully into alert level 1 over the next few weeks. That still means there will be some restrictions in place. We then need to think about the next stage of support for businesses, as I indicated in my first...
Mark Drakeford: Well, Llywydd, as I explained in answer to an earlier question, if we are able—and it's an 'if', isn't it—if we are able to move to alert level 1 at the end of this three-week review, then that will come with new possibilities for events to resume indoors and outdoors across Wales. When that happens, they will still necessarily have to observe the protections that we have against the...
Mick Antoniw: ...The response has been received, I believe, positively. In respect of the voter ID issue itself, you know that our view and our difference on this is that we see voter ID as essentially two things: (1) it doesn't have an evidential base to justify it, but, secondly, it is more about voter suppression than it is about robustness of elections. And if that were not the case, there would be an...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: ...north and south-east Wales into our communities in every part of Wales. Over the last fortnight, the coronavirus case rate and the positivity rate have more than doubled. Today, the case rate is 31.3 cases per 100,000 people. Cases are rising in almost every local authority area in Wales, driven by this fast-moving, highly transmissible variant. In Conwy, the rates are now approaching 100...
Julie Morgan: ...appropriate rigour and oversight, the amendments had built-in safeguards or were aligned with existing obligations to ensure safe provision of care and support. Revocation of these amendments on 31 October is supported by a clear and significant majority of respondents to our recent consultation. I'm grateful to those who acknowledged their limited use in practice, demonstrating the...
Suzy Davies: ...thank them all for coming before the committee to give us their evidence. And as well as their worries about the overall amount available to schools, teachers and school leaders have been extremely alert to that visible disparity between councils and the invisibility of why those disparities are there. Despite the long-standing pupil funding gap, Welsh Conservatives signed up to this...
