Decision details

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• Opposition party debates on a topic of their choice;

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The item started at 16:45.

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM5025 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Recognises the strength of feeling against proposals to downgrade services at Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire and expresses concern over the engagement with clinicians and the general public;

 

2. Calls for the Welsh Government to work with the Wales Deanery and review the practices used in the retention and training of junior doctors;

 

3. Calls for the Welsh Government to work with Royal Colleges to review the applicability of clinical safety guidelines and ensure that these guidelines are tailored towards, and reflect, local conditions whilst maintaining best practice; and

 

4. Calls on the Minister for Health and Social Services to clarify the current funding position of the LHB’s in Wales.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
20	0	23	43

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

Delete point 1.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	20	43

Amendment 1 was agreed.

Amendment 2 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

Insert at end of point 2:

 

‘with the aim of ensuring an adequate level of staffing for all parts of Wales’

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
43	0	0	43

Amendment 2 was agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

Delete point 3.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	20	43

Amendment 3 was agreed.

 

Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

In point 3 after ‘local conditions’ insert ‘, particularly in rural and peripheral areas,’

 

As amendment 3 was agreed, amendment 4 was deselected.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM5025 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Calls for the Welsh Government to work with the Wales Deanery and review the practices used in the retention and training of junior doctors with the aim of ensuring an adequate level of staffing for all parts of Wales.

 

2. Calls on the Minister for Health and Social Services to clarify the current funding position of the LHB’s in Wales.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
43	0	0	43

The motion as amended was agreed.