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 15.50
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on
the motion without amendment:
NDM5180 William Graham
(South Wales East)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Recognises that the Welsh Government has the economic levers at its disposal to
make a significant difference to the Welsh economy.
2.
Regrets that the Gross Value Added (GVA) in Wales is the lowest of the UK
nations.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to review its strategy for economic development
in light of the concerns raised by the Cardiff University Business School
report 'Small Businesses in Priority Sectors' regarding the ‘sectoral approach’.
4.
Believes that the Minister must establish clear, measurable targets for key
economic indicators to encourage economic progress and allow delivery to be
monitored.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
11 |
0 |
37 |
48 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Jocelyn
Davies (South Wales East)
In
point 1 delete ‘the’ before ‘economic levers’ and insert at end of point:
‘despite many remaining in the control of the UK Government’
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
32 |
0 |
16 |
48 |
Amendment 1 was
agreed.
Amendment 2 - Aled
Roberts (North Wales)
Insert
at the start of point 2:
‘Welcomes
the progress being made to increase competitiveness across the UK following the
recent rise from 10th to 8th place in the World Economic Forum's Global
Competitiveness Index 2012–2013, but’
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
40 |
0 |
8 |
48 |
Amendment 2 was
agreed.
Amendment 3 - Jocelyn
Davies (South Wales East)
Insert
at end of point 2: ‘but rejects the inevitability of this position’
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
48 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Amendment 3 was
agreed.
Amendment 4 - Aled
Roberts (North Wales)
Insert
as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:
Calls on the Welsh
Government to review the support offered for the commercialisation of academic
intellectual property from all Universities in Wales, to ensure our
entrepreneurs have the best opportunity to develop prosperous, home-grown Welsh
businesses for the future.
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
48 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
Amendment 4 was
agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM5180 William Graham
(South Wales East)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Recognises that the Welsh Government has economic
levers at its disposal to make a significant difference to the Welsh economy
despite many
remaining in the control of the UK Government.
2.
Welcomes the progress being made to increase competitiveness across the UK
following the recent rise from 10th to 8th place in the World Economic Forum's
Global Competitiveness Index 2012–2013, but Regrets that the Gross Value Added
(GVA) in Wales is the lowest of the UK nations and rejects the
inevitability of this position.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to review the support offered for the
commercialisation of academic intellectual property from all Universities in
Wales, to ensure our entrepreneurs have the best opportunity to develop
prosperous, home-grown Welsh businesses for the future.
4.Calls
on the Welsh Government to review its strategy for economic development in
light of the concerns raised by the Cardiff University Business School report
'Small Businesses in Priority Sectors' regarding the ‘sectoral
approach’.
5.
Believes that the Minister must establish clear, measurable targets for key
economic indicators to encourage economic progress and allow delivery to be
monitored.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
13 |
11 |
24 |
48 |
The
motion as amended was not agreed.
Publication date: 06/03/2013
Date of decision: 06/03/2013
Decided at meeting: 06/03/2013 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly