Decision details

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• Opposition party debates on a topic of their choice;

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The item started at 15.04.

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM4924 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the importance of inward investment into the Welsh economy;

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to address issues highlighted by the Welsh Affairs Select Committee Report into Inward Investment in Wales; and

 

3. Endorses the comments of Professor Brian Morgan that “The closure of the WDA and the abolition of the ‘WDA brand’ will probably go down in history as the worst policy decision made in Wales in living memory.”.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
14	0	37	51

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

In point 1 insert "relative" after "Notes the…"

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
35	0	16	51

Amendment 1 was agreed.

 

Amendment 2 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

Delete points 2 and 3 and replace with:

 

2. Recognises that Wales needs to become a more attractive place to invest; and

 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to focus on approaches to investment that do not overly rely on direct support to individual businesses.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
51	0	0	51

Amendment 2 was agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Believes that the Welsh Government must deliver improved infrastructure and higher skills levels in addition to better marketing of Wales in order to attract more inward investment.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
51	0	0	51

Amendment 3 was agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM4924 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the relative importance of inward investment into the Welsh economy;

 

2. Recognises that Wales needs to become a more attractive place to invest;

 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to focus on approaches to investment that do not overly rely on direct support to individual businesses; and

 

4. Believes that the Welsh Government must deliver improved infrastructure and higher skills levels in addition to better marketing of Wales in order to attract more inward investment.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
51	0	0	51

The motion as amended was agreed.