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NDM6725 Debate: The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ Annual Report 2017-18
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Meeting: 22/05/2018 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Debate: The Older People's Commissioner for Wales's Annual Report 2017-18
NDM6725 Julie
James (Swansea West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’s Annual Report (Impact and Reach Report
2017/18), which was laid
before the Assembly on 15 May 2018.
The following amendments
have been tabled:
Amendment 1. Paul
Davies (Pembrokeshire)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to introduce a Bill of rights for older people, to
codify in Welsh law those rights pertaining to older people, so as to empower
older people to speak up where their rights are not being fulfilled.
Amendment 2. Paul
Davies (Pembrokeshire)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to urgently address concerns raised by the Older
People’s Commissioner for Wales that a significant number of older people in
Wales cannot access independent advocacy services.
Minutes:
The item started at 17.41
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM6725 Julie James (Swansea West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’s Annual Report (Impact and Reach
Report 2017/18), which was laid before
the Assembly on 15 May 2018.
The following amendments
were tabled:
Amendment
1. Paul
Davies (Pembrokeshire)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to introduce a Bill of rights for older people, to
codify in Welsh law those rights pertaining to older people, so as to empower
older people to speak up where their rights are not being fulfilled.
A
vote was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
20 |
0 |
30 |
50 |
Amendment
1 was not agreed.
Amendment
2. Paul
Davies (Pembrokeshire)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to urgently address concerns raised by the Older
People’s Commissioner for Wales that a significant number of older people in
Wales cannot access independent advocacy services.
A
vote was taken on amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
49 |
0 |
1 |
50 |
Amendment
2 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6725 Julie James (Swansea West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’s Annual Report (Impact and Reach
Report 2017/18), which was laid before
the Assembly on 15 May 2018.
Calls
on the Welsh Government to urgently address concerns raised by the Older
People’s Commissioner for Wales that a significant number of older people in
Wales cannot access independent advocacy services.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.