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NDM6961 Debate: The Substance Misuse Annual Report
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Meeting: 12/02/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
Debate: The Substance Misuse Annual Report
NDM6961 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
Notes the progress being made in tackling the
harms associated with substance misuse, as highlighted in the Welsh
Government’s Substance Misuse Annual Report and Forward Look (November 2018).
Substance
Misuse Annual Report and Forward Look 2018
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new points at end of motion:
Regrets the increase in deaths related to drug misuse
and alcohol-specific deaths in Wales.
Calls on the Welsh Government to address the need for
tier 4 residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation in Wales.
Amendment 2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales report ‘Review
of substance misuse services in Wales’ and calls on the Welsh Government to
address the discrepancies between the official statistics on waiting times, and
the variable experiences of people highlighted in this report.
'Healthcare
Inspectorate Wales Review of Substance Misuse Services in Wales Joint Thematic
Report'
Amendment 3 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes the long waits for counselling and relapse
prevention services highlighted in the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales report.
Amendment 4 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Believes that the criminalisation of some substance
misuse adds to the harm caused by such use, increases the stigma and prevents
the full recovery of addicts and instead believes that tackling substance
misuse should be regarded as a health matter, with harm reduction being the
primary objective.
Minutes:
The item started at 15.57
Voting on the
motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM6961 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the progress being made in tackling the harms associated with
substance misuse, as highlighted in the Welsh Government’s Substance Misuse
Annual Report and Forward Look (November 2018).
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new points
at end of motion:
Regrets the
increase in deaths related to drug misuse and alcohol-specific deaths in Wales.
Calls on the Welsh
Government to address the need for tier 4 residential drug and alcohol
rehabilitation in Wales.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
20 |
0 |
27 |
47 |
Amendment
1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Notes the
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales report ‘Review of substance misuse services in
Wales’ and calls on the Welsh Government to address the discrepancies between
the official statistics on waiting times, and the variable experiences of
people highlighted in this report.
A vote was taken on
amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
20 |
0 |
27 |
47 |
Amendment
2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes the long waits for counselling and relapse prevention services
highlighted in the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales report.
A vote was taken on
amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
20 |
0 |
27 |
47 |
Amendment
3 was not agreed.
Amendment 4 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add as new point at end of motion:
A vote was taken on
amendment 4:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
35 |
12 |
0 |
47 |
Amendment
4 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6961
- Rebecca Evans (Gower)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the progress being made in tackling the harms
associated with substance misuse, as highlighted in the Welsh Government’s
Substance Misuse Annual Report and Forward Look (November 2018).
Believes that the criminalisation of some substance
misuse adds to the harm caused by such use, increases the stigma and prevents
the full recovery of addicts and instead believes that tackling substance
misuse should be regarded as a health matter, with harm reduction being the
primary objective.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
36 |
2 |
9 |
47 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.