Decision details

The item started at 16.24

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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To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Calls on the Welsh Government to redraft its Draft Budget for 2013-14 so that it:

a) addresses the extreme financial pressures on the Health Service due to the real terms cuts of £493 million pounds over three years;

b) meets the needs of businesses in Wales, which is crucial in creating employment;

c) closes the funding gap between school pupils in Wales and England; and

d) makes provision to alleviate council tax rises for hard-pressed Welsh households

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

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Regrets the education spending gap between England and Wales that will be exacerbated by the failure to substantially increase the Pupil Deprivation Grant in 2013/14.  

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

Amendment 3 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

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Regrets that the Draft Budget does not seek to address the lack of access to innovative treatments in the NHS.

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion :

NDM5087 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 20.12:

Notes the Draft Budget for the financial year 2013-2014 laid in the Table Office by the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House on 2 October 2012.

The motion was agreed.