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NDM6094 - United Kingdom Independence Party Debate
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Meeting: 21/09/2016 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 10)
United Kingdom Independence Party Debate
NDM6094 Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Acknowledges
the important role played by grammar schools in promoting social mobility and giving
children from poorer backgrounds access to a first class education.
2. Notes that a
reduction in social mobility has gone hand in hand with a cut in grammar school
places.
3. Believes in
diversity in secondary education, which gives children the right to a grammar
school education if parents so desire, and supports enhanced status for
technical and vocational education and the re-introduction of grammar schools
in Wales to produce an educational system which provides the best opportunities
for children of all abilities.
The following
amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 Paul Davies
(Preseli Pembrokeshire):
Delete point 1 and replace with:
Is not persuaded
that selection in the education system is appropriate for schools in Wales.
Amendment
2. Paul Davies
(Preseli Pembrokeshire):
Delete point 2
and replace with:
Believes that extending
parental and pupil choice is the best way to improve standards in our schools.
Amendment
3. Paul Davies
(Preseli Pembrokeshire):
In point 3,
delete:
'which gives
children the right to a grammar school education if parents so desire'.
Amendment
4. Paul Davies
(Preseli Pembrokeshire):
In point 3,
delete:
'and the
re-introduction of grammar schools'.
Amendment
5. Paul Davies
(Preseli Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point
at end of motion:
Regrets that
every year in Wales thousands of pupils are turned away from schools that they
and their parents prefer because good, successful schools are full.
Amendment
6. Paul Davies
(Preseli Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point
at end of motion:
Calls upon the
Welsh Government to free schools up from local authority control and enable
popular schools to expand to enable more pupils to access schools that they and
their parents choose.
Minutes:
The
item started at 16.51
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM6094
Neil Hamilton (Mid and
West Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Acknowledges the important role played by grammar
schools in promoting social mobility and giving children from poorer
backgrounds access to a first class education.
2. Notes that a reduction in social mobility has
gone hand in hand with a cut in grammar school places.
3. Believes in diversity in secondary education,
which gives children the right to a grammar school education if parents so
desire, and supports enhanced status for technical and vocational education and
the re-introduction of grammar schools in Wales to produce an educational
system which provides the best opportunities for children of all abilities.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
6 |
0 |
41 |
47 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Delete point 1 and replace with:
Is
not persuaded that selection in the education system is appropriate for schools
in Wales.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
41 |
0 |
6 |
47 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment
2 Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Delete
point 2 and replace with:
Believes
that extending parental and pupil choice is the best way to improve standards
in our schools.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
10 |
0 |
37 |
47 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment
3 Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
In point 3, delete:
'which gives children the right to a grammar school education
if parents so desire'.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
41 |
0 |
6 |
47 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment
4 Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
In point 3, delete:
'and the re-introduction of grammar schools'.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 4:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
41 |
0 |
6 |
47 |
Amendment 4 was agreed.
Amendment
5 Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets that every year in Wales thousands of pupils
are turned away from schools that they and their parents prefer because good,
successful schools are full.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 5:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
11 |
0 |
36 |
47 |
Amendment 5 was not agreed.
Amendment
6 Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls upon the Welsh Government to free schools up
from local authority control and enable popular schools to expand to enable
more pupils to access schools that they and their parents choose.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 6:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
11 |
0 |
36 |
47 |
Amendment 6 was not agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6094
Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Is not persuaded that selection in the education system is appropriate for
schools in Wales.
2.
Notes that a reduction in social
mobility has gone hand in hand with a cut in grammar school places.
3.
Believes in diversity in secondary education, and supports enhanced status for
technical and vocational education in Wales to produce an educational system
which provides the best opportunities for children of all abilities.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
10 |
1 |
36 |
47 |
The motion as amended was not agreed.