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NDM6209 - Plaid Cymru debate

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Meeting: 18/01/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Plaid Cymru debate

NDM6209 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Believes that:

a) the National Grid should use underground or undersea cables or alternatives to carry electricity through National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales where feasible;

b) there should be a presumption in favour of underground cables or alternatives rather than electricity pylons in any new or current developments in Wales by the National Grid; and

c) a feasibility study should be carried out of the possibility of removing current pylons and replacing them with underground cables or other alternatives.

The following amendments have been tabled:

Amendment 1. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
 
In sub-point (b) delete 'a presumption in favour of' and replace with 'a preference for'.
 
Amendment 2. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

In sub-point (c) delete 'a feasibility study should be carried out of the possibility of removing current pylons and replacing them' and replace with 'Ofgem should commit to continue and extend the Visual Impact Provision project for Wales to replace current pylons'.

 

Minutes:

The item started at 16.10

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

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM6209 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Believes that:

a) the National Grid should use underground or undersea cables or alternatives to carry electricity through National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales where feasible;

b) there should be a presumption in favour of underground cables or alternatives rather than electricity pylons in any new or current developments in Wales by the National Grid; and

c) a feasibility study should be carried out of the possibility of removing current pylons and replacing them with underground cables or other alternatives.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

20

5

28

53

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

In sub-point (b) delete 'a presumption in favour of' and replace with 'a preference for'.

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

44

0

9

53

Amendment 1 was agreed.

Amendment 2. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

In sub-point (c) delete 'a feasibility study should be carried out of the possibility of removing current pylons and replacing them' and replace with 'Ofgem should commit to continue and extend the Visual Impact Provision project for Wales to replace current pylons'.

A vote was taken on amendment 2:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

44

0

9

53

Amendment 2 was agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM6209 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Believes that:

a) the National Grid should use underground or undersea cables or alternatives to carry electricity through National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales where feasible;

b) there should be a preference for underground cables or alternatives rather than electricity pylons in any new or current developments in Wales by the National Grid; and

c) Ofgem should commit to continue and extend the Visual Impact Provision project for Wales to replace current pylons with underground cables or other alternatives.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

51

0

0

51

The motion as amended was agreed.