David Melding says he shares Mr Hedges' anger that some developers have built roads on new estates that are not to adoptable standards, adding that the issue of unadopted roads "cries out for reform".

"All new roads should be built to adoptable standards," says Mike Hedges.

Dai Lloyd cites the example of an unadopted road in Waunarlwydd which has proved problematic for decades.

He also says as local authorities are not obliged to maintain a register of unadopted roads, "quantifying the scale of the problem is difficult".

The first debate of the day is a Member Debate on unadopted roads.

Dai Lloyd (South Wales West), external

David Melding (South Wales Central, external

Nick Ramsay (Monmouth), external

Mike Hedges (Swansea East), external

Supported by

Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley), external

propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the number of roads in Wales which are unadopted, and are therefore not maintained by the relevant local authority.

2. Notes that a number of developers have not built roads on new estates to adoptable standards.

3. Recognises that there are weaknesses in the house-buying process, which does not always ensure that buyers have sufficient financial retentions in place to bring these roads up to the local authority's adoptable standard.

4. Recognises that house buyers are often faced with having to invest significant sums of money in order to bring roads up to the local authority's adoptable standard.

5. Notes that many of these roads remain unadopted and in a bad state of repair, for a number of years, sometimes in perpetuity.

6. Calls on the Welsh Government to establish a taskforce, to include local authorities, the legal profession, developers and other key stakeholders, with a view to developing improvements to the house buying and road adoption process.

7. Seeks to develop a Wales-wide programme to deliver a reduction in the number of unadopted roads in Wales.

New AM Jack Sargeant is elected to three Assembly committees.

Joyce Watson says "I'm absolutely fed-up of talking about case reviews where things have gone wrong through lack of joined-up thinking".

Huw Irranca-Davies, Minister for Children and Social Care, says the boy's family and the Welsh Government "would expect Powys County Council to expedite the necessary improvements to ensure the best care and support is always provided".

Simon Thomas raises the case of a teenager who took his own life while in foster care.

The teenager was failed by agencies as he prepared to leave the care system, a review has concluded.

The boy, from Powys, killed himself three months before his 18th birthday after becoming anxious about living independently.

Agencies failed to account for his special educational needs to ensure a smooth transition, the review said.

Powys council apologised for failing to provide appropriate support for him.

• Teenagers 'moved from care to B&Bs'
• Children leaving care 'lack support'
• Ninety children taken into care each day

A "no deal outcome from Brexit would be catastrophic for Wales," Mark Drakeford tells Neil Hamilton.

Mr Hamilton says such words are "music to the ears" of the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier because it makes his negotiating position stronger.

Conservative Nick Ramsay calls for a fundamental review of the Welsh Government's procurement strategy.

Adam Price: "Is the percentage of Welsh procurement in the public sector that you're responsible for going up or down?"

Mark Drakeford: "On the whole, it's increasing."

Adam Price: "No, it's going down".

On the EU Withdrawal Bill, Mark Drakeford says "If we can't get an agreed amendment with the UK government, we will pursue our own amendment in the House of Lords and we will seek to defeat the government so that we can amend the bill in the way that is necessary".

We move on to Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Mark Drakeford.

Russell George asks about the future of Welsh Government offices located outside of Cardiff.

He seeks assurance that the Welsh Government will maintain a long-term presence in Newtown.

Mr Drakeford replies that "with budgets under very significant pressure, we have to continually review the estate the Welsh Government occupies".

The Llywydd Elin Jones is unhappy that Mark Reckless is also not present in the Siambr to ask his question, the second AM from the Conservative group to miss a question this afternoon.

UKIP's Neil Hamilton calls for a "sense of proportion" in proposals from Natural Resources Wales on salmon and sea trout fishing.

NRW has been consulting on whether all anglers should be forced to release every salmon they catch in a bid to stop a serious reduction of stocks in Welsh rivers.

Conservative Paul Davies refers to the report Unpicking the Knots: the case for a more cohesive approach to pet welfare legislation, external.

He wants to know what the government is doing to strengthen or introduce legislation regarding the sale of pets.

Lesley Griffiths says she will announce a package of measures dealing with animal welfare in March.

Questioned by Plaid Cymru's Simon Thomas about a post-Brexit framework for agriculture in Wales, Lesley Griffiths says it would be "a huge issue if there was a narrowing of the ability for farmers to attract workforce from the EU after Brexit".

The first of the tabled questions, external is by Angela Burns who was due to ask for an outline of the enforcement powers delegated from the Welsh Government to Natural Resources Wales.

But she was not present in the Siambr so missed her chance to question the cabinet secretary.

Plenary begins at 1.30pm with Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths.

The committee now moves into private session.

Senedd Live returns for plenary at 1.30pm.