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NDM6134 - Plaid Cymru debate
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Meeting: 09/11/2016 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Plaid Cymru debate
NDM6134
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the
Welsh Government's target of a million Welsh speakers by 2050.
2. Regrets that
the percentage of seven-year-old learners being taught through the medium of
Welsh has stagnated in recent years.
3. Calls on the
Welsh Government to strengthen Welsh-medium provision across all education
sectors as a central part of its strategy to achieve this target.
The
following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment
1. Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan)
Delete point 2
and replace with:
Acknowledges
that growing the number of learners receiving their education through the
medium of Welsh has and will continue to be central to Welsh Government
education and skills policy.
Amendment
2. Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the
Welsh Government to work with businesses to improve the use and learning of
Welsh in the workplace.
Minutes:
The
item started at 18.26
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM6134 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the Welsh Government's target of a million
Welsh speakers by 2050.
2. Regrets that the percentage of seven-year-old
learners being taught through the medium of Welsh has stagnated in recent
years.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to strengthen
Welsh-medium provision across all education sectors as a central part of its
strategy to achieve this target.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
0 |
32 |
46 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1. Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan)
Delete
point 2 and replace with:
Acknowledges
that growing the number of learners receiving their education through the
medium of Welsh has and will continue to be central to Welsh Government
education and skills policy.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
28 |
8 |
10 |
46 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment
2. Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to work with businesses to improve the use and learning
of Welsh in the workplace.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
46 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6134 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the Welsh Government's target of a million
Welsh speakers by 2050.
2. Acknowledges that growing the number of learners
receiving their education through the medium of Welsh has and will continue to
be central to Welsh Government education and skills policy.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to strengthen
Welsh-medium provision across all education sectors as a central part of its
strategy to achieve this target.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to work with businesses to improve the use and
learning of Welsh in the workplace.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
46 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
The motion as amended was agreed.