Decision details

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The item started at 17:05.

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM4931 Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Regrets the Welsh Government’s failure to bring forward a comprehensive fiscal stimulus for the economy, which includes capital investment sourced from funding streams outside the block grant; and

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward a package of capital projects and further measures to support businesses and safeguard jobs.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
9	0	44	53

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

 

Delete point 1 and replace with:

 

Notes the steps taken by the Welsh Government in bringing forward a comprehensive fiscal package to help stimulate the economy, including the provision of capital investment, both from traditional and non-traditional sources; and

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
33	0	20	53

Amendment 1 was agreed.

Amendment 2 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

 

In point 2, after 'measures' insert ', such as improved infrastructure and higher skills levels,'.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
53	0	0	53

Amendment 2 was agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - William Graham (South Wales East)

 

Insert at end of point 2:

 

‘including the abolition of business rates for companies up to a rateable value of £12,000’.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
12	0	41	53

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 4 - William Graham (South Wales East)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Calls on the Welsh Government to work closely with the UK Government to improve the Welsh economy.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
53	0	0	53

Amendment 4 was agreed.

 

Amendment 5 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Believes that a comprehensive economic stimulus could be provided if the Assembly had borrowing powers and greater fiscal responsibility and welcomes the establishment of the Silk Commission which is investigating this possibility.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 5:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
41	12	0	53

Amendment 5 was agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM4931 Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the steps taken by the Welsh Government in bringing forward a comprehensive fiscal package to help stimulate the economy, including the provision of capital investment, both from traditional and non-traditional sources.

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward a package of capital projects and further measures, such as improved infrastructure and higher skills levels, to support businesses and safeguard jobs.

 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to work closely with the UK Government to improve the Welsh economy.

 

4. Believes that a comprehensive economic stimulus could be provided if the Assembly had borrowing powers and greater fiscal responsibility and welcomes the establishment of the Silk Commission which is investigating this possibility.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
32	0	21	53

The motion as amended was agreed.