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 15.15
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until
Voting Time.
NDM5584 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Welcomes the progress made at the United Nations
Climate Change Summit 2014 in New York;
2. Urges the Welsh Government to ensure that
deforestation does not continue in Wales and that its target of 100,000
hectares of new forestry is met by 2030;
3. Regrets that the Welsh Government is not on
track to meet its Climate Change 2020 targets;
4. Calls upon the Welsh Government to encourage a
wider range of renewable energies, including but not limited to, marine
renewables, anaerobic digestion and hydropower;
5. Calls for the devolution of Renewables
Obligation Certificates (ROCs), or its successor, to the Welsh Government; and
6. Calls
upon the Welsh Government to explore barriers to connection to the grid for
small scale energy projects below 50mw.
A vote was taken on the
motion without amendment:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
11 |
0 |
39 |
50 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete point 3 and replace with:
Notes the Welsh Government's continued commitment
to meet its Climate Change 2020 targets;
A
vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
25 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Presiding Officer exercised her
casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not
agreed.
Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point 5 and renumber accordingly:
Congratulates Tidal Energy Ltd on the unveiling of
their DeltaStream device on 7 August 2014, which was made possible through the
use of WEFO funds, and calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that such
projects continue to be suitably supported in future years so that Wales can
maximise the potential of marine renewables to promote a mixed grid approach.
A vote was taken on
Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment
2 was agreed.
Amendment
3 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Add as new point 5 and renumber accordingly:
Welcomes the recent development of two marine
testing and demonstrating zones in Welsh waters and calls on the Welsh
Government to provide regular updates to the Assembly on their progress towards
enabling further technological development and commercialisation of wave and
tidal renewable energy devices.
A vote was taken on
Amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment
4 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Delete point 5 and replace with:
Believes that Wales's natural resources are valuable
assets that could be used to cut carbon emissions, and calls for all powers
over energy to be devolved in full, including all licencing, planning
consenting and the Crown Estate.
A vote was
taken on Amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
14 |
0 |
36 |
50 |
Amendment 4 was not agreed.
Amendment
5 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at the end of the motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to set a target for
Wales to reach self-sufficiency in renewable electricity.
A vote was
taken on Amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
14 |
0 |
36 |
50 |
Amendment 5 was not agreed.
Amendment
6 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at the end of the motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to implement an
ambitious retrofitting programme to increase the energy efficiency of existing
housing stock.
A vote was taken on
Amendment 6:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 6 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM5584 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Welcomes the progress made at the United Nations
Climate Change Summit 2014 in New York;
2. Urges the Welsh Government to ensure that
deforestation does not continue in Wales and that its target of 100,000
hectares of new forestry is met by 2030;
3. Regrets that the Welsh Government is not on
track to meet its Climate Change 2020 targets;
4. Calls upon the Welsh Government to encourage a
wider range of renewable energies, including but not limited to, marine
renewables, anaerobic digestion and hydropower;
5. Welcomes the recent development of two marine
testing and demonstrating zones in Welsh waters and calls on the Welsh
Government to provide regular updates to the Assembly on their progress towards
enabling further technological development and commercialisation of wave and
tidal renewable energy devices.
6. Congratulates Tidal Energy Ltd on the unveiling
of their DeltaStream device on 7 August 2014, which was made possible through
the use of WEFO funds, and calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that such
projects continue to be suitably supported in future years so that Wales can
maximise the potential of marine renewables to promote a mixed grid approach.
7. Calls for the devolution of Renewables
Obligation Certificates (ROCs), or its successor, to the Welsh Government; and
8. Calls upon
the Welsh Government to explore barriers to connection to the grid for small
scale energy projects below 50mw.
9. Calls on the Welsh Government to implement an
ambitious retrofitting programme to increase the energy efficiency of existing
housing stock.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
24 |
0 |
25 |
49 |
The motion as amended was not agreed.
Publication date: 01/10/2014
Date of decision: 01/10/2014
Decided at meeting: 01/10/2014 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly