Decision details

Item started at 17.23

 

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

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - William Graham (South Wales East)

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Notes that the new Communities First Programme will require a foundation of effective corporate governance to enable the creation of independent Community Organisations.

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	25	48

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

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Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that the appropriate evaluation is built into all Communities First projects in order to measure success and to enable improvements to be made during the lifetime of the projects

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
49	0	0	49

Amendment 2 was agreed.

Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

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Regrets that the original Communities First programme did not focus on tackling poverty

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
18	6	25	49

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

Amendment 4 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

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Notes that the Public Accounts Committee’s report into Communities First concluded that ‘the Communities First programme cannot demonstrate value for money.’

The Public Account Committee report can be accessed on the following link:

http://www.assemblywales.org/cr-ld7923.pdf

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
18	6	25	49

Amendment 4 was not agreed.

Amendment 5 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

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Notes that, in its report, ‘Regenerating Communities First Neighbourhoods’, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation identified only ‘marginal improvements’ in Communities First areas.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report can be accessed on the following link:

http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/communities-regeneration-Wales-full.pdf[Opens in a new browser window]

A vote was taken on Amendment 5:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
24	0	25	49

Amendment 5 was not agreed.

Amendment 6 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

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Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that its new Communities First programme delivers better results than its predecessor

A vote was taken on Amendment 6:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
49	0	0	49

Amendment 6 was agreed.

Amendment 7 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

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Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that its new Communities First programme has clear, relevant and measurable targets to tackle poverty.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 7:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
49	0	0	49

Amendment 7 was agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM4896 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the new Communities First Programme, which will focus on tackling poverty with community involvement being a key principle.

Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that the appropriate evaluation is built into all Communities First projects in order to measure success and to enable improvements to be made during the lifetime of the projects.

Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that its new Communities First programme delivers better results than its predecessor.

Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that its new Communities First programme has clear, relevant and measurable targets to tackle poverty.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
36	13	0	49

The motion as amended was agreed.