Decision details

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The item started at 15.04

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM5098 William Graham (South Wales East)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the negative impact winter pressures can have on the delivery of key public services and on the lives of people in communities across Wales.

2. Believes the Welsh Government has a key role to play in alleviating any burden placed on people across Wales by winter pressures.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to implement a cross-portfolio Winter Pressures Strategy to ensure effective contingency plans are in place to tackle the impact that winter pressures place on Welsh life.

4. Believes a designated Welsh Minister should have overarching responsibility for responding to events which could arise as a consequence of severe winter weather in Wales.

The motion without amendment was agreed.