Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting
date:
Tuesday, 7
February 2017
Meeting
time: 13.30
This meeting can be
viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4081
The item started at 13.30
Questions 1-8 were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party leaders to ask questions to the First Minister after question 2.
The item started at 14.17
To the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure:
Russell George (Montgomeryshire): Will the Cabinet Secretary update members on steps being taken by the Welsh Government to safeguard the future of the Ford factory in Bridgend?
The item started at 14.30
To the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure:
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): Will the Cabinet Secretary inform Members whether he intends to grant the University of Wales Trinity St David’s application for between £4 - 6million to fund the development of S4C’s new headquarters in Carmarthen?
The item started at 14.48
The item started at 15.10
The item started at 15.48
The item started
at 16.22
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM6228
Jane
Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn)
To propose the
National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes
that the UK Government has yet to set out a detailed plan for how
the UK should withdraw from the European Union and its future
relations with the rest of Europe.
2.
Recognises the
result of the referendum about the UK's membership of the European
Union.
3.
Welcomes the
publication of the White Paper, Securing Wales' Future.
4.
Endorses the
priorities it identifies and the approach it describes.
5.
Believes the UK
Government should fully respect Wales' priorities, as set out in
the White Paper, in the overall UK negotiating position and
supports continuing efforts by the Welsh Government through the
Joint Ministerial Committee to convince the UK Government of the
merits of this approach.
6.
Notes
the UK Government's intention to seek to trigger Article 50 by the
end of March.
7.
Reaffirms the
critical importance of the Sewel Convention, and believes that this
should require the UK Government to consult and seek the approval
of the devolved administrations on its negotiating position both
before and during negotiations, and on any final agreements with
the European Union.
8.
Demands that any
final deal must be developed with the best interests of the Welsh
economy and society at heart, and not designed around narrow
political interests.
The following
amendments were tabled:
1. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire):
Delete all and replace with:
To propose the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the result of the referendum about the UK’s membership of the European Union.
2. Welcomes the UK Government’s 12 negotiating objectives for our withdrawal from the European Union and the publication of its White Paper.
3. Notes the publication of the Welsh Government’s White Paper.
4. Notes the UK Government’s intention to seek to trigger Article 50 by the end of March.
5. Recognises the
Joint Ministerial Committee meeting held in Cardiff and welcomes
the Prime Minister’s continued commitment to engage with the
devolved administrations and secure the right deal for Wales and
the United Kingdom.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
17 |
0 |
38 |
55 |
Amendment 1 was
not agreed.
2. Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Opposes the
triggering of Article 50 without assurances from the UK Government
that Wales’s participation in the European Single Market will
be maintained, given the importance to Wales of single market
participation.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
10 |
0 |
46 |
56 |
Amendment 2 was
not agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion:
NDM6228
Jane
Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn)
To propose the
National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes
that the UK Government has yet to set out a detailed plan for how
the UK should withdraw from the European Union and its future
relations with the rest of Europe.
2.
Recognises the
result of the referendum about the UK's membership of the European
Union.
3.
Welcomes the
publication of the White Paper, Securing Wales' Future.
4.
Endorses the
priorities it identifies and the approach it describes.
5.
Believes the UK
Government should fully respect Wales' priorities, as set out in
the White Paper, in the overall UK negotiating position and
supports continuing efforts by the Welsh Government through the
Joint Ministerial Committee to convince the UK Government of the
merits of this approach.
6.
Notes
the UK Government's intention to seek to trigger Article 50 by the
end of March.
7.
Reaffirms the
critical importance of the Sewel Convention, and believes that this
should require the UK Government to consult and seek the approval
of the devolved administrations on its negotiating position both
before and during negotiations, and on any final agreements with
the European Union.
8.
Demands that any
final deal must be developed with the best interests of the Welsh
economy and society at heart, and not designed around narrow
political interests.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
38 |
0 |
18 |
56 |
The motion was agreed.
The item started at 18.35
The meeting concluded at 18.37
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Wednesday, 8 February 2017