Decision details

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Item started at 15.56

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM4886 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

The National Assembly for Wales

 

1. Notes with concern the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales comments, in response to the Economic Renewal Programme 2010, that Wales has a “poor skills mix”.

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

 

a) recognise the importance of demand led skills provision in line with the recommendations of the Leitch Review; and

 

b) conduct a full assessment of Wales’ future need for specialised skills.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	34	56

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

Delete "with concern" from point 1.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
30	0	26	56

Amendment 1 was agreed.

 

Amendment 2 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

At end of point 1 insert "and therefore recognises the importance of the imminent re-opening of Skills Growth Wales and the ongoing Qualifications Review as part of the substantive commitment to skills set out in the Programme of Government".

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
40	0	16	56

Amendment 2 was agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Welcomes the additional £4.88 million for the Young Recruits Programme and the additional £3 million for Skills Growth Wales announced in the final budget in December 2011.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
44	12	0	56

Amendment 3 was agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM4886 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

The National Assembly for Wales

 

1. Notes the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales comments, in response to the Economic Renewal Programme 2010, that Wales has a “poor skills mix” and therefore recognises the importance of the imminent re-opening of Skills Growth Wales and the ongoing Qualifications Review as part of the substantive commitment to skills set out in the Programme of Government.

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

 

a) recognise the importance of demand led skills provision in line with the recommendations of the Leitch Review; and

 

b) conduct a full assessment of Wales’ future need for specialised skills.

 

3. Welcomes the additional £4.88 million for the Young Recruits Programme and the additional £3 million for Skills Growth Wales announced in the final budget in December 2011.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
44	0	12	56

The motion as amended was agreed.