Meetings

EU Referendum

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

Meeting: 28/01/2019 - Senedd Commission (Item 4)

Assembly Commission Brexit Preparations

Supporting documents:

  • Restricted enclosure 2

Minutes:

Commissioners considered a paper reporting on progress in dealing with the impact of Brexit on the Assembly. It outlined work being undertaken to assess the implications and resources needed for the Assembly’s Brexit related activity and gave an assessment of the implications for our corporate services and preparedness in this area.

 

Commissioners asked about how particular aspects of the Commission’s functioning, for example Health and Safety requirements, are being monitored for implications. They noted the paper.


Meeting: 19/06/2018 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 9)

Debate: The Second Anniversary of the EU Referendum

NDM6741 Julie James (Swansea West)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes that it will be the second anniversary of the EU Referendum on 23 June 2018.

2. Reaffirms its support for the approach to EU transition put forward in the White Paper, Securing Wales Future, published by the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru in January 2017 and believes this still provides the best basis for securing a satisfactory outcome to the Brexit negotiations.

Securing Wales’ Future

The following amendments have been tabled:

Amendment 1 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Delete point 2 and replace with:

Recognises that the UK Government is delivering on the decision made in the EU referendum to leave the EU and that its position in negotiations with the EU should not be undermined.

[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be de-selected]

Amendment 2 - Caroline Jones (South Wales West)

Delete point 2 and replace with:

Recognises that it is the decided will of the people that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

Calls upon politicians opposed to the United Kingdom leaving the EU to respect the wishes of Welsh and British voters and stop trying to undermine the Brexit process.

Calls upon the Welsh Government to work with the UK Government to secure the best deal for Wales and the UK, outside the EU, the single market and the customs union.

Amendment 3 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets the Welsh Government’s decision to grant consent for the UK Government to restrict the National Assembly for Wales’s legislative competence, despite stating clearly in ‘Securing Wales’ Future’ that “any attempt to do so will be firmly resisted”.

Amendment 4 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets that a majority of Welsh Labour MPs abstained on a vote on continued single market participation via EEA membership, in contradiction to 'Securing Wales’ Future' which states, “We cannot support an EU exit agreement that would leave the UK without continued Single Market participation”.

Minutes:

The item started at 17.43

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

NDM6741 Julie James (Swansea West)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes that it will be the second anniversary of the EU Referendum on 23 June 2018.

2. Reaffirms its support for the approach to EU transition put forward in the White Paper, Securing Wales Future, published by the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru in January 2017 and believes this still provides the best basis for securing a satisfactory outcome to the Brexit negotiations.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Delete point 2 and replace with:

Recognises that the UK Government is delivering on the decision made in the EU referendum to leave the EU and that its position in negotiations with the EU should not be undermined.

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

13

0

38

51

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2 - Caroline Jones (South Wales West)

Delete point 2 and replace with:

Recognises that it is the decided will of the people that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

Calls upon politicians opposed to the United Kingdom leaving the EU to respect the wishes of Welsh and British voters and stop trying to undermine the Brexit process.

Calls upon the Welsh Government to work with the UK Government to secure the best deal for Wales and the UK, outside the EU, the single market and the customs union.

A vote was taken on amendment 2:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

16

0

35

51

Amendment 2 was not agreed.

Amendment 3 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets the Welsh Government’s decision to grant consent for the UK Government to restrict the National Assembly for Wales’s legislative competence, despite stating clearly in ‘Securing Wales’ Future’ that “any attempt to do so will be firmly resisted”.

 A vote was taken on amendment 3:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

8

3

40

51

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

Amendment 4 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Regrets that a majority of Welsh Labour MPs abstained on a vote on continued single market participation via EEA membership, in contradiction to 'Securing Wales’ Future' which states, “We cannot support an EU exit agreement that would leave the UK without continued Single Market participation”.

A vote was taken on amendment 4:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

8

0

43

51

Amendment 4 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion:

NDM6741 Julie James (Swansea West)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes that it will be the second anniversary of the EU Referendum on 23 June 2018.

2. Reaffirms its support for the approach to EU transition put forward in the White Paper, Securing Wales Future, published by the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru in January 2017 and believes this still provides the best basis for securing a satisfactory outcome to the Brexit negotiations.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

36

0

15

51

The motion was agreed.

 


Meeting: 11/07/2016 - Senedd Commission (Item 5)

Implications of the outcome of the EU Referendum

Supporting documents:

  • Restricted enclosure 7

Minutes:

The Head of the EU Office introduced a paper which set out information about the arrangements and resources currently in place to support the work of the Assembly in relation to Europe.

 

Commissioners considered the knowledge and expertise available within the organisation and support that may need to be enhanced in order to place the Assembly in the strongest possible position for the duration of the period of change and beyond.