Decision details
Debate on the Draft Budget 2016-17
Decision Maker: Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly, Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly, Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly, Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly, Environment and Sustainability Committee - Fourth Assembly, Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly, Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly, Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly, Plenary - Fourth Assembly, Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly, Standards of Conduct Committee - Fourth Assembly
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
The Finance Committee looked at the Welsh Government’s budget for 2016-17 from a strategic, overarching perspective.
It also worked with the other Assembly committees to ensure that proposals for specific Ministerial portfolios were considered in detail. Committees undertook their own focussed evidence sessions with the relevant Ministers in order to examine the areas of the budget that falls within their respective remits and then reported to the Finance Committee, detailing any concerns they had.
The Welsh Government published its Draft Budget for 2016-17 on 8 December 2015.
The Finance Committee held a public consultation into the draft budget proposals between 9 December 2015 and 7 January 2016.
The Finance Committee published a report on its Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget for 2016-17 (PDF, 1MB) on 2 February 2016.
A Plenary debate on the draft budget was held on 9 February 2016.
The Welsh Government responded to the Finance Committee’s report (PDF, 674KB) on 6 March 2016.
Decision:
The item started
at 15.22
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM5947 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 20.12:
Notes the Draft
Budget for the financial year 2016-2017 laid in the Table Office by the
Minister for Finance and Government Business on 8 December 2015.
The following
amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Paul
Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
Does not believe the Welsh Government's
Draft Budget 2016-17 meets the needs of the Welsh people.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
23 |
5 |
28 |
56 |
Amendment 1 was not
agreed.
Amendment 2 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add
as a new point at end of motion:
Regrets
that the draft budget fails to take an all-Wales approach to future capital
investment.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
23 |
5 |
28 |
56 |
Amendment 2 was not
agreed.
Amendment 3 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as a new
point at end of motion:
Regrets that the draft
budget proposes a damaging and severe cut to funding support for Welsh higher
education institutions.
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
23 |
5 |
28 |
56 |
Amendment 3 was not
agreed.
Amendment 4 - Elin
Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as a new point at end of motion:
Regrets that the draft budget's proposal for continued funding pressure
on local government has not been matched with a proposal for a rural
stabilisation grant.
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
23 |
5 |
28 |
56 |
Amendment 4 was not
agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion:
NDM5947 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 20.12:
Notes the Draft Budget
for the financial year 2016-2017 laid in the Table Office by the Minister for
Finance and Government Business on 8 December 2015.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
28 |
5 |
23 |
56 |
The
motion was agreed.
Publication date: 09/02/2016
Date of decision: 09/02/2016
Decided at meeting: 09/02/2016 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly