National Assembly for Wales

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes that too many young people in Wales continue to face barriers to accessing secure, well-paid high-quality employment, contributing to outmigration, economic inactivity and inequality of opportunity.

2. Acknowledges the Welsh Government’s Young Person’s Guarantee, which aims to ensure that all young people aged 16 to 24 can access education, training, employment or self-employment, while recognising that outcomes do not always lead to sustained, good-quality work.

3. Recognises that Wales is an attractive place to live, study and work, with many young people choosing to remain and build their futures here, but notes with concern that Wales continues to lose too many young people to opportunities elsewhere due to gaps in job quality and availability.

4. Acknowledges that many young people experience insecure employment, low pay and limited progression, and that reducing the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) remains a key ambition, with further progress required.

5. Recognises that some groups of young people, including those with disabilities or long-term health conditions such as brain tumours, young carers, and those from lower-income backgrounds face additional barriers to accessing opportunities, and that access to good-quality employment should not be determined by a postcode lottery.

6. Recognises the importance of creating good quality jobs characterised by fair pay, security, progression and the opportunity presented by economic transitions, including the move to net zero and investment in growth sectors, to expand opportunities for young people.

7. Notes commitments to create jobs for the future and to expand employment and skills opportunities, and stresses the importance of ensuring these translate into accessible, high-quality jobs for young people across all parts of Wales.

8. Notes UK Government action to expand opportunities for young people, including employment and skills programmes and wider investment such as the Warm Homes Plan with significant potential to create jobs in sectors including construction, retrofit and clean energy.

9. Notes with concern regional inequalities in access to employment, skills provision and transport, particularly affecting young people in rural, coastal and post-industrial communities.

10. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) strengthen the delivery of the Young Person’s Guarantee to ensure that all young people receive meaningful opportunities leading to secure and well paid employment;

b) set out clear ambitions for reducing the number of young people who are NEET, supported by a focus on progression and long-term outcomes;

c) promote fair work and improve job quality across publicly supported employment and skills programmes;

d) align Welsh employment and skills programmes with wider UK initiatives to maximise opportunities and investment in Wales;

e) outline how it will create and support pathways for young people into growth sectors, including green industries, housing retrofit, advanced manufacturing and the care economy;

f) expand access to high-quality apprenticeships and vocational routes linked to long-term careers;

g) ensure that employment, skills and youth support programmes are inclusive and accessible, including tailored support for those facing additional barriers; and

h) take a strong joined-up approach across economic, housing, education and transport policy to ensure that young people can build a future worth staying for in Wales.

Improving access to local economic opportunities in Casnewydd Islwyn

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Congratulates the people of Wales on achieving one of the highest recycling rates in the world.

2. Supports the establishment of a deposit-return scheme in Wales to further improve recycling rates.

3. Believes that unnecessary regulatory divergence from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the inclusion of glass in the Welsh Government's current proposed deposit-return scheme will;

a) increase costs for Welsh producers, retailers and consumers;

b) present a risk of significant cross-border fraud; and

c) risk undermining public goodwill. 

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to scrap current plans to include glass in the Welsh deposit-return scheme, to ensure alignment between Wales and the rest of the UK.

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes the continued financial, emotional, and animal welfare impact of bovine TB on Welsh farming families and rural communities.

2. Recognises that bovine TB is a complex disease with multiple routes of transmission, including cattle-to-cattle transmission and infection from wildlife.

3. Regrets that the current approach has failed to command the confidence of many farmers and has not delivered the progress needed towards eradication.

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) maintain robust biosecurity standards;
b) draw on the advice of the TB Technical Advisory Group in developing a new approach to managing bovine TB;
c)  recognise wildlife as a source of infection;
d) enable scientifically validated control methods; and
e) ensure that, in the event that the TB Technical Advisory Group recommends targeted wildlife control, including culling, such recommendations are given full and proper consideration and, where supported by the evidence, form part of the Welsh Government’s approach to bovine TB eradication.

To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 16.3, establishes the Llywydd’s Committee to carry out the functions set out in Standing Order 18.B2, and, in accordance with Standing Order 17.3 and 18.B4, elects the following as members of the Llywydd’s Committee:

a) The Deputy Presiding Officer as Chair of the Committee;

b) Sam Rowlands (Chair of the responsible committee under Standing Order 19); and

c) Marc Jones (Plaid Cymru), Stephen Senior (Reform UK), Jayne Bryant (Welsh Labour) and Andrew RT Davies (Welsh Conservatives).