National Assembly for Wales

A barrier to accessing education: the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure and why changes are needed. 

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the report of the Local Government and Housing Committee, ‘Housing Support for Vulnerable People’, which was laid in the Table Office on 15 May 2025.

Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 1 October 2025.

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee report: Natural Resources Wales: Annual scrutiny 2024-25 was laid on 21 May 2025.

Notes: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 1 October 2025. Natural Resources Wales responded on 3 July 2025.

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes that the Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee was established on 16 May 2023.

2. Notes that the Committee’s report, ‘Report on the gaps identified in the preparedness and response of the Welsh Government and other Welsh public bodies during the covid-19 pandemic that should be subject to further examination: UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1’, was laid on 25 March 2025. 

3. Notes that the Committee’s report, ‘Report on the gaps identified in the preparedness and response of the Welsh Government and other Welsh public bodies during the covid-19 pandemic that should be subject to further examination: UK covid-19 Inquiry Module 1’, was debated on 16 July 2025.

4. Agrees, in accordance with Standing Order 16.3, that the Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee should cease to exist.

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Regrets that the Welsh Government’s economic impact assessment to the Sustainable Farming Scheme published on 30 September 2025 will result in an estimated:

a) 56,000 Welsh livestock numbers lost;

b) 1,163 jobs on Welsh farms lost; and

c) £76.3 million lost in farm business income.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to scrap and replace the current Sustainable Farming Scheme with a scheme that works for farmers, placing food security and production at its core.

Economic impact assessment to the Sustainable Farming Scheme