Decision details

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

The item started at 16.31.

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM4906 Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward measures to help tackle the stigmatisation of those dependent on the benefit system.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
9	0	45	54

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

 

Delete 'dependent on the benefit system' and replace with 'people in receipt of welfare support’.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
4	13	37	54

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 2 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

 

Insert at end of Motion:

 

‘and believes that one of the most effective ways of reducing this stigma is to help people back into work’.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	37	54

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - William Graham (South Wales East)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Recognises that worklessness and benefit dependency create ever bigger barriers for those who wish to escape a life on benefits and enter work.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	37	54

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 4 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

Add new point at end of motion:

 

Agrees that the UK Government's welfare reform agenda will increase the stigmatisation of those dependent on the benefit system and as a non-devolved matter, the Welsh Government should not carry the financial burden of mitigating this.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
37	0	17	54

Amendment 4 was agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM4906 Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward measures to help tackle the stigmatisation of those dependent on the benefit system.

 

Agrees that the UK Government's welfare reform agenda will increase the stigmatisation of those dependent on the benefit system and as a non-devolved matter, the Welsh Government should not carry the financial burden of mitigating this.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
37	0	17	54

The motion as amended was agreed.