Decision details
Welsh Conservatives Debate
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
Debates are one of the
most frequent items of business on the Plenary
agenda. Many types of debate are brought forward in Plenary, including:
- Opposition party debates on a topic of
their choice;
Other than in the case of
Government debates, the time allocated for all other types of debates and their
frequency are determined by the Business
Committee
Decision:
The item started at 15.11
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM5934 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the Welsh Government's draft local government settlement for 2016-17;
2.
Regrets proposals to cut funding significantly to many rurally based local
authorities across Wales and expresses concern as to the impact this could have
on local public services and council tax rates;
3.
Further regrets the Welsh Government's failure to sufficiently engage with many
rural local authorities across Wales and the WLGA, as to the impact of the
2016-17 local government settlement, leading to great uncertainty in many parts
of Wales; and
4.
Believes an overhaul of the formula that allocates local government funding in
Wales is necessary to prevent many local authorities across Wales being hit
disproportionately by Welsh Government settlements.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
15 |
0 |
33 |
48 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add
as new point after point 3 and renumber accordingly:
Calls
for the introduction in this settlement of the rural stabilisation grant
proposed by the WLGA.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
24 |
0 |
25 |
49 |
As required by Standing Order
6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against
the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Delete
point 4 and replace with:
Believes
that local government reform is an opportunity to agree a new funding formula
that takes equity, deprivation and sparsity into account and is delivered over
a three-year funding cycle.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
13 |
0 |
35 |
48 |
Amendment 2 was not
agreed.
As the Assembly did not agree the motion
without amendment, and did not agree the amendments tabled to the motion, the
motion was therefore not agreed.
Publication date: 28/01/2016
Date of decision: 27/01/2016
Decided at meeting: 27/01/2016 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly