Decision details

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The item started at 15.09

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM5370 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales

 

1. Notes that it is time of change in public service delivery, requiring system reform.

 

2. Recognises:

 

a) the potential for co-production to dramatically improve public service delivery.

 

b) the current Welsh Government commitment to ensuring that publicly owned assets have the potential to stay in community ownership in Wales.

 

3. Regrets:

 

a) not enough is being done to ensure that communities are aware of schemes such as the Community Asset Transfer or Community Facilities and Activities Programme.

 

b) that Wales is failing to share the success of the Community Rights Agenda in other parts of the UK.

 

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

 

a) promote co-production as a viable means to deliver public services following the publication of the findings of the Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery.

 

b) examine the feasibility of adopting further aspects of the Localism Act in Wales.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
13	0	42	55

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Delete point 3 and replace with:

 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government:

 

a) to ensure more awareness of schemes such as the Community Asset Transfer and Community Facilities and Activities Programme.

 

b) to develop a comprehensive community assets policy that is tailored to Welsh needs.

 A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
15	0	41	56

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Delete point 4b) and replace with:

 

ensure that the localism and community transfer agendas genuinely empower communities and are not used as a vehicle for the privatisation of public services.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
15	0	41	56

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

As the Assembly did not agree the motion without amendment, and did not agree the amendments tabled to the motion, the motion is therefore not agreed.