Decision details

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The item started at 16:22

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM5114 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

Believes that the First Minister’s Delivery Unit is ineffective, given the continued failure of the Welsh Government to improve the lives of the people of Wales.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
13	0	39	52

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

Delete all and replace with:

 

Calls on the First Minister to publish an annual report outlining the Delivery Unit’s progress in improving public services.

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
13	0	39	52

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Insert as new points at start of motion:

 

Regrets that, since the Delivery Unit was established:

 

a) the number of patients being treated within 26 weeks and within 36 weeks has fallen, according to the September 2011 and September 2012 figures from StatsWales;

 

b) the number of students that achieved 5A*-C GCSEs in Wales was considerably lower than in England;

 

c) long-term youth unemployment has risen by 400%, according to  August 2011 and August 2012 figures from the Office of National Statistics;

 

Further regrets that, despite the Delivery Unit the government is still unlikely to meet its target to eliminate fuel poverty amongst people living in social housing by 2012.

 

The waiting time statistics can be found on the following link:

 

http://wales.gov.uk/docs/statistics/2012/121108sdr1942012en.pdf

 

The youth unemployment figures can be found on the following link:

 

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/gor/2013265930/subreports/gor_ccadr_time_series/report.aspx?

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
25	0	26	51

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

 

As the Assembly has not agreed the Motion without amendment, and has not agreed the amendments tabled to the Motion, the Motion is therefore not agreed.