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NDM7141 Brexit Party debate - The UK and the EU
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Meeting: 25/09/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Brexit Party debate - The UK and the EU
NDM7141 Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Supports Wales’s membership of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its indefinite continuance.
2. Notes that Wales, like the United
Kingdom as a whole, voted to leave the European Union.
3. Supports further devolution in specific
areas which would benefit Wales and where other parts of the United Kingdom
benefit from such devolution, such as rail and air passenger duty.
4. Notes the past involvement of the
European Union under Articles 154 to 156 of the Treaty of Rome with respect to
trans-European networks, including the M4 and A55.
5. Calls on the UK Government to support
improvements to the A55 and delivery of the M4 relief road through the UK
shared prosperity fund to benefit Wales and the UK a whole.
Treaty
establishing the European Economic Community
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Add at the end of point 1 “but believes
that radical reform is needed of the way in which inter-governmental relations
between the devolved nations and the UK Government are conducted”.
Amendment 2 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Add at the end of point 2 “but believes
that, given the experience of the last three years, securing a brighter future
for Wales depends on the UK remaining in the EU”.
Amendment 3 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
In point 3, after “such as”, insert
“policing and justice and”.
Amendment 4 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete point 5 and replace with:
Calls on the UK Government to:
a) step up its commitment to investing in
infrastructure in Wales such as the electrification of the rail mainlines in
south and north Wales and investment in tidal power in Wales, which is its
responsibility;
b) provide full replacement funding, free
of UK Government interference in how it should be best used, for the European
funding Wales will lose if the UK leaves the EU.
[If amendment 4 is
agreed, amendment 5 will be de-selected]
Amendment 5 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 5, after 'improvements to' insert
'infrastructure in Wales, including'.
Minutes:
The item started at
17.38
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7141 Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Supports Wales’s membership of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and its indefinite continuance.
2.
Notes that Wales, like the United Kingdom as a whole, voted to leave the
European Union.
3.
Supports further devolution in specific areas which would benefit Wales and
where other parts of the United Kingdom benefit from such devolution, such as
rail and air passenger duty.
4.
Notes the past involvement of the European Union under Articles 154 to 156 of
the Treaty of Rome with respect to trans-European networks, including the M4
and A55.
5.
Calls on the UK Government to support improvements to the A55 and delivery of
the M4 relief road through the UK shared prosperity fund to benefit Wales and
the UK a whole.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
4 |
0 |
42 |
46 |
The motion without amendment was not
agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Add at the end of
point 1 “but believes that radical reform is needed of the way in which
inter-governmental relations between the devolved nations and the UK Government
are conducted”.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
26 |
8 |
13 |
47 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment 2 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Add at the end of
point 2 “but believes that, given the experience of the last three years,
securing a brighter future for Wales depends on the UK remaining in the EU”.
A vote was taken on
amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
32 |
0 |
15 |
47 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
Amendment 3 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
In point 3, after “such as”, insert “policing and justice and”.
A vote was taken on
amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
26 |
6 |
15 |
47 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment 4 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete point 5 and replace with:
Calls on the UK Government to:
a) step up its commitment to investing in infrastructure in Wales such as
the electrification of the rail mainlines in south and north Wales and
investment in tidal power in Wales, which is its responsibility;
b) provide full replacement funding, free of UK Government interference
in how it should be best used, for the European funding Wales will lose if the
UK leaves the EU.
A vote was taken on
amendment 4:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
31 |
0 |
15 |
46 |
Amendment 4 was agreed.
As amendment 4 was agreed, amendment 5 was de-selected
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7141 Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Supports Wales’s membership of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and its indefinite continuance but believes that
radical reform is needed of the way in which inter-governmental relations
between the devolved nations and the UK Government are conducted.
2.
Notes that Wales, like the United Kingdom as a whole, voted to leave the
European Union but believes that,
given the experience of the last three years, securing a brighter future for
Wales depends on the UK remaining in the EU.
3.
Supports further devolution in specific areas which would benefit Wales and
where other parts of the United Kingdom benefit from such devolution, such as policing and
justice and
rail and air passenger duty.
4.
Notes the past involvement of the European Union under Articles 154 to 156 of
the Treaty of Rome with respect to trans-European networks, including the M4
and A55.
5.
Calls on the UK
Government to:
a) step up its commitment to investing in infrastructure in Wales such as
the electrification of the rail mainlines in south and north Wales and
investment in tidal power in Wales, which is its responsibility;
b) provide full replacement funding, free of UK Government interference
in how it should be best used, for the European funding Wales will lose if the
UK leaves the EU.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
25 |
0 |
22 |
47 |
The motion as amended was agreed.