Decision details

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• Opposition party debates on a topic of their choice;

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The item started at 15.15

 

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM5534 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the recent D-Day Commemorations, the upcoming UK Armed Forces Day, and the centenary of the beginning of the First World War;

 

2. Values the contributions of Welsh servicemen and women and recognises the difficulties they may have upon returning to civilian life;

 

3. Calls upon the Welsh Government to establish a Veterans’ Card Scheme for Wales to enable:

 

a) an expansion of the existing concessionary fares scheme to include veterans

 

b) free entry for veterans to local authority swimming pools

 

c) free entry for veterans to Cadw sites

 

d) priority treatment for service related conditions/injuries on the NHS

 

e) priority delivery of Disabled Facilities Grants for veterans requiring home adaptations.

 

4. Further calls upon the Welsh Government to explore the potential to erect a Welsh memorial at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire, to remember and honour all the brave men and women from Wales who fought and lost their lives in service of the nation.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
10	0	36	46

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Insert as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:

 

Regrets that cuts to benefits for disabled people, including the imposition of the bedroom tax, are affecting veterans and serving members of the Armed Forces.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
32	0	14	46

Amendment 1 was agreed.

 

Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Insert as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:

 

Welcomes the announcement in the UK Government’s Legislative Programme of proposals for a Service Complaints Bill to improve the complaints system in the Armed Forces through the creation of an Ombudsman for service personnel.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
37	9	0	46

Amendment 2 was agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)

 

In point 3, delete ‘establish’ and replace with‘consider’.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
36	0	10	46

Amendment 3 was agreed.

 

Amendment 4 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Insert as new point 4 and renumber accordingly:

 

Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that the health service provides adequate support for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
46	0	0	46

Amendment 4 was agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM5534 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the recent D-Day Commemorations, the upcoming UK Armed Forces Day, and the centenary of the beginning of the First World War;

 

2. Values the contributions of Welsh servicemen and women and recognises the difficulties they may have upon returning to civilian life;

 

3. Welcomes the announcement in the UK Government’s Legislative Programme of proposals for a Service Complaints Bill to improve the complaints system in the Armed Forces through the creation of an Ombudsman for service personnel.

 

4. Regrets that cuts to benefits for disabled people, including the imposition of the bedroom tax, are affecting veterans and serving members of the Armed Forces.

 

5. Calls upon the Welsh Government to consider a Veterans’ Card Scheme for Wales to enable:

 

a) an expansion of the existing concessionary fares scheme to include veterans

 

b) free entry for veterans to local authority swimming pools

 

c) free entry for veterans to Cadw sites

 

d) priority treatment for service related conditions/injuries on the NHS

 

e) priority delivery of Disabled Facilities Grants for veterans requiring home adaptations.

 

6. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that the health service provides adequate support for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

 

7. Further calls upon the Welsh Government to explore the potential to erect a Welsh memorial at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire, to remember and honour all the brave men and women from Wales who fought and lost their lives in service of the nation.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
32	4	10	46

The motion as amended was agreed.