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NDM6966 United Kingdom Independence Party debate - Prisons and Prisoners
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Meeting: 13/02/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
United Kingdom Independence Party debate - Prisons and Prisoners
NDM6966 Gareth
Bennett (South Wales Central)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Believes that prisons should be places
of reform and rehabilitation, and that imprisonment is a punishment for those
found guilty of a crime.
2. Resolves that prisoners should not be
given the right to vote in Welsh elections.
The following
amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Believes that prisons should be places of
reform and rehabilitation.
2. Supports the principle of voting rights
for prisoners at Welsh elections, but awaits the Equality, Local Government and
Communities Committee’s report.
[If amendment 1 is
agreed, amendments 2 and 3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new points after point 1 and
renumber accordingly:
Welcomes the focus by the Ministry of
Justice on rehabilitative services, community sentences and reducing
reoffending.
Notes that the Equality, Local Government
and Communities Committee have an ongoing Inquiry into voting rights for
prisoners.
Amendment 3 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 2, delete ‘prisoners should not be
given the right to vote in’ and replace with ‘existing prisoner voting rights
should not be extended in future’.
Minutes:
The item started at
17.47
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM6966
Gareth Bennett (South Wales Central)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Believes that prisons should be places of reform and rehabilitation, and that
imprisonment is a punishment for those found guilty of a crime.
2.
Resolves that prisoners should not be given the right to vote in Welsh
elections.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
13 |
1 |
34 |
48 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete all and
replace with:
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that
prisons should be places of reform and rehabilitation.
2. Supports the
principle of voting rights for prisoners at Welsh elections, but awaits the
Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee’s report.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
33 |
0 |
15 |
48 |
Amendment
1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was
agreed, amendments 2 and 3 were de-selected
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6966
Gareth Bennett (South Wales Central)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that
prisons should be places of reform and rehabilitation.
2. Supports the
principle of voting rights for prisoners at Welsh elections, but awaits the
Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee’s report.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
34 |
4 |
10 |
48 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.