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The item started at 16.44.

NDM4921 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the Equality and Human Rights Commission Wales’ Annual Report ‘Meet the Challenge, lead the change’.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - William Graham (South Wales East)

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Expresses concern at a recent report from the Public Health Wales Observatory showing that the gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest in Wales has widened, and urges the Welsh Government to take action, in conjunction with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, to reduce health inequalities in Wales.

Amendment 1 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 2 - William Graham (South Wales East)

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Expresses concern at findings in the annual report, noting how disabled people are four times more likely to be victims of crime that non-disabled people, and urges the Welsh Government to take appropriate action to tackle issues such as disability-related harassment and disability hate crime.

Amendment 2 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

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

Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

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Notes the concern raised by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in ‘An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in Wales’, that pupils on free school meals are 2.5 times less likely to get A*-C grades in core subjects than their peers, and welcomes the Pupil Deprivation Grant which aims to improve this situation.

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

Amendment 3 was agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM4921 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the Equality and Human Rights Commission Wales’ Annual Report ‘Meet the Challenge, lead the change’.

2. Expresses concern at a recent report from the Public Health Wales Observatory showing that the gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest in Wales has widened, and urges the Welsh Government to take action, in conjunction with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, to reduce health inequalities in Wales.

3. Expresses concern at findings in the annual report, noting how disabled people are four times more likely to be victims of crime that non-disabled people, and urges the Welsh Government to take appropriate action to tackle issues such as disability-related harassment and disability hate crime.

4. Notes the concern raised by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in ‘An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in Wales’, that pupils on free school meals are 2.5 times less likely to get A*-C grades in core subjects than their peers, and welcomes the Pupil Deprivation Grant which aims to improve this situation.

The motion as amended was agreed.