Decision details

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The item started at 15.52

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM5687 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes that, in Wales, over 138,000 people have benefitted from the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire.

2. Regrets:

a) the Welsh Government's intention to end the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire in Wales;

b) that the Welsh Government has failed to deliver an appropriate supply of new affordable housing in Wales; and

c) that the number of social housing units has decreased since the Welsh Government has had responsibility for housing.

3. Calls for a comprehensive housing reform programme to increase housing supply and alleviate problems of affordability

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
10	0	38	48

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Insert as new point 2 and renumber accordingly:

Notes that local councils already have an option to apply to the Welsh Government to suspend the right to buy.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
47	0	1	48

Amendment 1 was agreed.

 

Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Delete point 2a) and renumber accordingly.

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
38	0	10	48

Amendment 2 was agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to consider the suspension of the right to buy for new build social housing whilst retaining rights for existing tenants.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
28	10	10	48

Amendment 3 was agreed.

 

Amendment 4 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to set targets for the number of affordable homes to be built in Wales during an Assembly term within six months of the Assembly election, and reported on annually to the National Assembly for Wales.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
38	9	0	47

Amendment 4 was agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM5687 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes that, in Wales, over 138,000 people have benefitted from the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire.

 

2. Notes that local councils already have an option to apply to the Welsh Government to suspend the right to buy.

3. Regrets:

 

a) that the Welsh Government has failed to deliver an appropriate supply of new affordable housing in Wales; and

b) that the number of social housing units has decreased since the Welsh Government has had responsibility for housing.

4. Calls for a comprehensive housing reform programme to increase housing supply and alleviate problems of affordability.

 

5. Calls on the Welsh Government to consider the suspension of the right to buy for new build social housing whilst retaining rights for existing tenants.

 

6. Calls on the Welsh Government to set targets for the number of affordable homes to be built in Wales during an Assembly term within six months of the Assembly election, and reported on annually to the National Assembly for Wales.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
4	10	34	48

The motion as amended was not agreed.