Decision details

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• Opposition party debates on a topic of their choice;

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The item started at 16.28

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM5643 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Recognises the importance of increasing trade between Wales and the United States of America;

2. Believes that public services, including the National Health Service, should be exempt from the effects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP);

3. Believes that the TTIP must not be allowed to prevent democratic governments from organising any other services on a publicly owned basis;

4. Opposes the inclusion of the investor-state dispute settlement in the agreement;

5. Calls on the Welsh Government to make representations to the UK Government to:

a) exempt public services, including the National Health Service, from the TTIP; and

b) reject TTIP if the final agreement, when presented for ratification, undermines the decision-making powers of democratic governments.

The motion without amendment was agreed.