Decision details

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The item started at 15:30.

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM5007 William Graham (South East Wales)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Regrets that successive Welsh Governments have failed to maximise the potential of EU funds;

 

2. Expresses concern that lessons have not been learnt by the failure of previous spending rounds of European funding and the Welsh Government has never commissioned a full review of previous projects; and

 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to work with Welsh universities, voluntary and private sector organisations in developing a business case to maximise the impact of future European Spending projects in Wales.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
9	0	34	43

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

Delete point 1 and replace with:

 

‘Notes the use that successive Welsh Governments, local authorities, the private sector, Higher Education and the third sector have made of EU funds.’

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
30	0	13	43

Amendment 1 was agreed.

 

Amendment 2 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

Delete point 2 and renumber accordingly.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
30	0	13	43

Amendment 2 was agreed.

 

Amendment 3 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

After 'previous projects' insert 'and calls on the Welsh Government to conduct such a review'.

 

As amendment 2 was agreed, amendment 3 was deselected.

 

Amendment 4 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

In point 3 delete all after ‘developing’ and replace with ‘an innovation strategy which will inform the EU's Horizon 2020 programme for the next round of funding’.

 

Information on EU’s Horizon 2020 programme can be found on the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=home&video=none

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
30	0	13	43

Amendment 4 was agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM5007 William Graham (South East Wales)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Notes the use that successive Welsh Governments, local authorities, the private sector, Higher Education and the third sector have made of EU funds.

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to work with Welsh universities, voluntary and private sector organisations in developing an innovation strategy which will inform the EU's Horizon 2020 programme for the next round of funding.

 

Information on EU’s Horizon 2020 programme can be found on the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm?pg=home&video=none

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
30	0	13	43

The motion as amended was agreed.