Decision details

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The item started at 15.56

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM5484 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the Programme for Government indicators;

 

2. Calls on the First Minister to clarify the role the First Minister’s Delivery Unit plays in delivering these indicators;

 

3. Regrets the Delivery Unit’s apparent failure to improve the delivery of Welsh Government policy objectives for public service delivery in Wales.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
12	0	37	49

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

Insert as new point 2 and renumber accordingly:

 

Notes the findings of the report of the Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery with regards to the Programme for Government indicators;

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
49	0	0	49

Amendment 1 was agreed.

Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Insert as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:

 

Calls on the Welsh Government to publish targets and statistical indicators alongside all Government strategies and policies.

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
24	0	25	49

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM5484 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the Programme for Government indicators;

 

2. Notes the findings of the report of the Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery with regards to the Programme for Government indicators;

 

3. Calls on the First Minister to clarify the role the First Minister’s Delivery Unit plays in delivering these indicators;

 

4. Regrets the Delivery Unit’s apparent failure to improve the delivery of Welsh Government policy objectives for public service delivery in Wales.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
24	0	25	49

The motion as amended was not agreed.