Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting
date:
Wednesday, 14
October 2015
Meeting
time: 13.30
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The item started at 13.30
The first 9 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister after Question 2.
The item started at 14.17
The first 12 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Minister after Question 2.
Urgent Question
The item started at 15.00
Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Will the First Minister make a statement on his decision to dismiss the chair of the All-Wales European Programme Monitoring Committee 2014-2020?
The item started at 15.07
NDM5842 Christine Chapman (Cynon Valley)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee into Poverty in Wales: poverty and inequality, which was laid in the Table Office on 18 June 2015.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
The item started at 15.55
Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM5832
Mick Antoniw (Pontypridd) R
Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Peter Black (South Wales West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Takes pride in the good relations that have been established in Wales between employers, trades unions and workers in both the public and private sector; and
2. Believes that:
a) the UK Government's Trade Union Bill is an unnecessary attack on the democratic rights of working people and will undermine the good and constructive industrial relations that have been established in Wales since 1999;
b) the Bill risks contravening the Human Rights Act 1998 and International Labour Organisation's Conventions 87, 98 and 151; and
c) the Bill intrudes in areas that are the responsibility of the Welsh Government and that it should not be applied to Wales without the consent of the National Assembly of Wales.
The result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
40 |
0 |
11 |
51 |
The motion was agreed.
The item started at 16.43
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM5843 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Regrets the failure of the Welsh Government to provide adequate support to meet the specific needs of Wales's rural communities.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
11 |
0 |
40 |
51 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets the recent round of bank closures across rural Wales.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment 2 – Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to hold an urgent round table meeting with major retail banks to encourage support for a community banking model and ensure a sustainable local banking presence in rural communities.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
25 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Urges the Welsh Government to make a significant part payment to as many farmers as possible at the earliest opportunity within the Basic Payment Scheme payment window.
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment 4 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls for a scheme under the Rural Development Programme which offers more accessible, small scale funding to improve the resilience and efficiency of Welsh farms.
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
25 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
Amendment 4 was not agreed.
Amendment 5 – Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls for the early scrapping of the six day standstill rule.
A vote was taken on Amendment 5:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
25 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
Amendment 5 was not agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM5843 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Regrets the failure of the Welsh Government to provide adequate support to meet the specific needs of Wales's rural communities.
2. Regrets the recent round of bank closures across rural Wales.
3. Urges the Welsh Government to make a significant part payment to as many farmers as possible at the earliest opportunity within the Basic Payment Scheme payment window.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
25 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
The motion as amended was not agreed.
The item started at 17.38
The item started at 17.42
NDM5844 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Protecting patients in Pembrokeshire – why we need essential services at Withybush Hospital.
The meeting concluded at 18.11
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 20 October 2015