Decision details

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• Opposition party debates on a topic of their choice;

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The item started at 15.50

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM5180 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Recognises that the Welsh Government has the economic levers at its disposal to make a significant difference to the Welsh economy.

 

2. Regrets that the Gross Value Added (GVA) in Wales is the lowest of the UK nations.

 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to review its strategy for economic development in light of the concerns raised by the Cardiff University Business School report 'Small Businesses in Priority Sectors' regarding the ‘sectoral approach’.

 

4. Believes that the Minister must establish clear, measurable targets for key economic indicators to encourage economic progress and allow delivery to be monitored.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
11	0	37	48

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

In point 1 delete ‘the’ before ‘economic levers’ and insert at end of point: ‘despite many remaining in the control of the UK Government’

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
32	0	16	48

Amendment 1 was agreed.

Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Insert at the start of point 2:

 

‘Welcomes the progress being made to increase competitiveness across the UK following the recent rise from 10th to 8th place in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index 2012–2013, but’

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
40	0	8	48

Amendment 2 was agreed.

Amendment 3 - Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)

 

Insert at end of point 2: ‘but rejects the inevitability of this position’

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
48	0	0	48

Amendment 3 was agreed.

Amendment 4 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

 

Insert as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:

 

Calls on the Welsh Government to review the support offered for the commercialisation of academic intellectual property from all Universities in Wales, to ensure our entrepreneurs have the best opportunity to develop prosperous, home-grown Welsh businesses for the future.

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
48	0	0	48

Amendment 4 was agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM5180 William Graham (South Wales East)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

 

1. Recognises that the Welsh Government has economic levers at its disposal to make a significant difference to the Welsh economy despite many remaining in the control of the UK Government.

 

2. Welcomes the progress being made to increase competitiveness across the UK following the recent rise from 10th to 8th place in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index 2012–2013, but Regrets that the Gross Value Added (GVA) in Wales is the lowest of the UK nations and rejects the inevitability of this position.

 

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to review the support offered for the commercialisation of academic intellectual property from all Universities in Wales, to ensure our entrepreneurs have the best opportunity to develop prosperous, home-grown Welsh businesses for the future.

 

4.Calls on the Welsh Government to review its strategy for economic development in light of the concerns raised by the Cardiff University Business School report 'Small Businesses in Priority Sectors' regarding the ‘sectoral approach’.

 

5. Believes that the Minister must establish clear, measurable targets for key economic indicators to encourage economic progress and allow delivery to be monitored.

 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
13	11	24	48

The motion as amended was not agreed.