Decision details
Debate on domestic abuse
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Decision:
Amendment 1 - Nick Ramsay (Monmouth)
Add as new point
at end of motion:
Further notes:
a) The role and
expertise of the Third Sector organisations in tackling violence against women
and domestic abuse and providing support for victims and children;
b) The need to
fully engage with Third Sector Organisations in measuring progress achieved against
the priorities of the Right to be Safe Strategy.
Amendment 1 was agreed in accordance with
Standing Order 12.36.
Voting on the motion and Amendment 2 under this item was
deferred until Voting Time.
Amendment 2 - Jocelyn
Davies (South East Wales)
Add as a new point at end of motion
Calls on the Welsh Government to take action to ensure
continued access to justice for victims of domestic violence.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
40 |
13 |
0 |
53 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
NDM4784 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Considers the
progress made in the first year against the priorities of the Right to be Safe
Strategy; and
2. Notes the Welsh
Government's commitment to improve the safety of and support for individuals
and their families who experience domestic abuse.
3. Further
notes:
a) The role and
expertise of the Third Sector organisations in tackling violence against women
and domestic abuse and providing support for victims and children;
b) The need to
fully engage with Third Sector Organisations in measuring progress achieved against
the priorities of the Right to be Safe Strategy.
4. Calls on the
Welsh Government to take action to ensure continued access to justice for
victims of domestic violence.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
48 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
The motion as amended was agreed.
Publication date: 12/07/2011
Date of decision: 12/07/2011
Decided at meeting: 12/07/2011 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly