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NDM7205 Brext Party Debate - Lobbyist Register
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Meeting: 27/11/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Brexit Party Debate - Lobbyist Register
NDM7205 Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes that the National Assembly for Wales
is the only national legislature in the UK without a lobbyist register.
2. Believes that a lobbyist register would
help to promote openness and transparency in Welsh politics.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to consult
immediately on implementing a lobbyist register for Wales.
The following amendment has been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete points 2 and 3 and replace with:
Calls upon the Assembly Commission to
provide an update on the action it has taken since the publication of the
Standards of Conduct Committee report on lobbying published in January 2018.
Welcomes the intention of the Standards of
Conduct Committee to give further consideration to lobbying prior to the end of
the fifth Assembly.
Standards
of Conduct Committee - Lobbying - January 2018
Minutes:
The
item started at 17.34
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7205 Caroline Jones (South Wales
West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes that the National Assembly for Wales is the only national legislature in
the UK without a lobbyist register.
2.
Believes that a lobbyist register would help to promote openness and
transparency in Welsh politics.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to consult immediately on implementing a lobbyist
register for Wales.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
6 |
1 |
39 |
46 |
The motion without amendment was not
agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete
points 2 and 3 and replace with:
Calls
upon the Assembly Commission to provide an update on the action it has taken
since the publication of the Standards of Conduct Committee report on lobbying
published in January 2018.
Welcomes
the intention of the Standards of Conduct Committee to give further
consideration to lobbying prior to the end of the fifth Assembly.
A
vote was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
40 |
1 |
5 |
46 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7205 Caroline Jones (South Wales
West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes that the National Assembly for Wales is the only national legislature in
the UK without a lobbyist register.
2. Calls
upon the Assembly Commission to provide an update on the action it has taken
since the publication of the Standards of Conduct Committee report on lobbying
published in January 2018.
3.
Welcomes the intention of the Standards of Conduct Committee to give further
consideration to lobbying prior to the end of the fifth Assembly.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
41 |
4 |
1 |
46 |
The motion as amended was agreed.