Decision details
Debate on The Climate Change Strategy for Wales: First Annual Progress Report
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Decision:
The item started at 17.13
NDM4960 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes:
(a) the Climate Change Strategy for Wales: First
Annual Progress Report; and
(b) the progress being made to deliver the Welsh
Government's commitments to tackle climate change.
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was
deferred until Voting Time.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - William Graham (South Wales East)
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Expresses concern that:
a) the 1990/2009 Green House Gas trend in the
report suggests that the 40% reduction target for 2020 will not be met; and
b) the delivery of the 3% annual reduction target
may only be possible at present by the virtue of the economic downturn.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
24 |
0 |
26 |
50 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - William Graham (South Wales East)
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Believes that the creation of sustainable, low carbon
green jobs will help tackle climate change.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
Amendment 3 - William Graham (South Wales East)
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Call on the Welsh Government to take urgent steps to update the Ecological
Footprint for Wales and adopt a consumption measure of emissions in order to
fully measure Green House Gas emissions from imported goods and services from
elsewhere in the world.
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
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Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward proposals
to extend the Arbed scheme as recommended by the
Commission in the report.
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 4 was agreed.
Amendment 5 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
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Regrets that the Welsh Government is not taking
sufficient action to meet its 3% emissions target.
A vote was taken on Amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
24 |
0 |
26 |
50 |
Amendment 5 was not agreed.
Amendment 6 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
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Calls on the Welsh Government to invest in schemes to improve home energy
efficiency which will have an impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
A vote was taken on Amendment 6:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
Amendment 6 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the
motion as amended:
NDM4960 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes:
(a) the Climate Change Strategy for Wales: First
Annual Progress Report;
(b) the progress being made to deliver the Welsh
Government's commitments to tackle climate change;
(c) believes that the creation of sustainable, low
carbon green jobs will help tackle climate change;
(d) calls on the Welsh Government to take urgent
steps to update the Ecological Footprint for Wales and adopt a consumption
measure of emissions in order to fully measure Green House Gas emissions from
imported goods and services from elsewhere in the world;
(e) calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward
proposals to extend the Arbed scheme as recommended
by the Commission in the report; and
(f) calls on the Welsh Government to invest in schemes to
improve home energy efficiency which will have an impact on reducing greenhouse
gas emissions.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
49 |
0 |
1 |
50 |
The motion as amended was agreed.
Publication date: 24/04/2012
Date of decision: 24/04/2012
Decided at meeting: 24/04/2012 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly