BUSINESS PAPERS

Part 1- Section E

WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF OPINION TABLED ON

20 July 1999

R Signifies the Member has declared an interest.

OPIN-1999-0005 School Milk

Raised on 25 May 1999 by Mick Bates - Montgomeryshire

31 Subscribers: Karen Sinclair - Clwyd South Brian Hancock - Islwyn Alison Halford - Delyn Michael German OBE -South East Owen John Thomas MA - South Wales Central Elin Jones - Ceredigion Jocelyn Davies - South Wales East Janet Ryder -North Wales Geraint Davies - Rhondda Phil Williams - South Wales East Janet Davies - South Wales West Kirsty Williams - Brecon and Radnorshire David Davies - Monmouth Nicholas Bourne LLB LLM - Mid and West Wales Carwyn Jones LLB - Bridgend Gareth Jones - Conwy Cynog Dafis - Mid and West Wales Jenny Randerson - Central Ron Davies - Caerphilly David Melding - South Wales Central Brian Gibbons - Aberavon Richard Edwards - Preseli Pembrokeshire Peter Rogers - North Wales[R] William Graham JP - South Wales East[R] Glyn Davies - Mid and West Wales[R] Dai Lloyd MBBCh MRCGP Dip.Ther Jonathan Morgan - South Wales Central Pauline Jarman - South Wales Cental Rhodri Glyn Thomas - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Peter Black - South Wales West [R] Christine Humphries -North Wales

This Assembly calls for an investigation in to the value of free school milk to all pupils in Key Stage 1 (5,6,7year olds). The current depressed state of the agricultural industry, particularly the milk sector, requires positive steps by the Assembly. The provision of milk would bring health and economic benefits for under £23 per child (60p a week) for the whole year.

OPIN-1999-0017 Status of Charities

Raised on 29 Jun 1999 by Cynog Dafis - Mid and West Wales

12 Subscribers: Kirsty Williams - Brecon and Radnorshire Christine Humphreys - North Wales Gareth Jones - Conwy Geraint Davies - Rhondda Lorraine Barrett - Cardiff South and Penarth Peter Black - South Wales West Mick Bates - Montgomeryshire Elin Jones - Ceredigion Carwyn Jones LLB - Bridgend Ann Jones - Vale of Clwyd Ron Davies - Caerphilly Jenny Randerson -Cardiff Central

This Assembly notes that the law does not prevent competent crooks from registering or acquiring registered charities; and that official advice on how to prevent fraudulent collections at supermarkets, stations and pubs has for many years proved ineffective; urges all owners of such premises to insist beforehand on a recommendation from a first class source on each collecting charity, along the lines of the Charity Check system; and hopes that all fraudulent collections can thus be soon eliminated throughout Wales, so that the splendid tradition whereby owners allow charitable collections continue.

OPIN-1999-0019 Nuclear Waste at Trecwn

Raised on 30 Jun by Richard Edwards - Preseli Pembrokeshire

25 Subscribers: Lorraine Barrett - Cardiff South and Penarth Gwenda Thomas - Neath Alison Halford - Clwyd South Sue Essex - Cardiff North Val Feld - East Janice Gregory - Ogmore Alun Pugh - Clwyd West Christine Chapman - Cynon Valley Brian Gibbons FRCGP - Aberavon Huw Lewis - and Rhymney Lynne Neagle - Torfaen Jenny Randerson - Cardiff Central Ann Jones - Vale of Clwyd John Griffiths LLB - Newport East Ron Davies - Caerphilly Cynog Dafis - Mid and West Wales Pauline Jarman - South Wales Central Kirsty Williams - Brecon and Radnorshire Edwina Hart MBE - Gower Karen Sinclair - Clwyd South Janet Davies - South Wales West Jocelyn Davies - South Wales East Helen Mary Jones - Llanelli Carwyn Jones LLB - Bridgend Peter Black - South Wales West

The National Assembly for Wales declares its total opposition to the proposal by a private firm to store nuclear waste at the former RNAD site at Trecwn in Pembrokeshire. This would cause catastrophic blight to the economy and environment of Pembrokeshire and pose great potential hazards to the well-being of the people of West Wales and beyond.

OPIN-1999-0023 British Sign Language (BSL) Raised by on 09 Jul 1999 by Mick Bates - Montgomeryshire Peter Black - South Wales West Michael German OBE- South Wales East

4 Subscribers: Kirsty Williams- Brecon and Radnorshire Jocelyn Davies - South Wales East Jenny Randerson - Cardiff Central Richard Edwards - Preseli Pembrokeshire

The Assembly notes 4,000 people attended the British Sign Language (BSL) march in London on 27 June. Despite European legislation passed 10 years ago, the Government has not recognised BSL users as a linguistic minority although 62,000 people in the UK use BSL as their first language. The Assembly hopes that BSL receives official recognition, as this will give deaf people equal access to information, health care and employment opportunities in their preferred language. It will entitle Deaf children to the quality of education that hearing children enjoy and allow them to develop their own language skills during their formative years.

OPIN-1999-0026 NHS - Dentistry

Raised on 14 Jul by Dai Lloyd MBBCh MRCGP Dip.Ther - South Wales West

6 Subscribers: Pauline Jarman - South Wales Central Cynog Dafis - Mid and West Wales Brian Hancock - IsIwyn Jenny Randerson - Cardiff Central Kirsty Williams - Breacon and Radnorshire Jocelyn Davies - South Wales East

The National Assembly for Wales calls for a full and wide ranging debate on the future of NHS Dentistry in Wales, encompassing consideration of a needs-led service, provision of salaried Dentists where the current contract cannot attract a Dentist at all, and abolition of Dental charges. The focus of this debate will be the Health and Social Services Committee.

OPIN-1999-0027 Royal Welsh Show and Recess

Raised on20 Jul by Nicholas Bourne LLB LLM - Mid and West Wales

No Subscribers

That this Assembly congratulates D Hugh Thomas CBE, President of the Royal Welsh Show and the organisers on an extremely successful first day, and expresses the view that the National Assembly for Wales should be in recess in 2000 and future years for the duration of the Royal Welsh Show and that any lost time shoould be made up at some appropriate juncture so as not to prejudice formal Assembly business.

OPIN-1999-0028 Pardon for Dic Penderyn/Richard Lewis

Raised on 20 Jul by Brian Gibbons FRCGP - Aberavon

No Subscribers

The Assembly supports the campaign for the posthumous pardon from the Home Office of Dic Penderyn/Richard Lewis, the first martyr for the worker in Wales.