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NDM7221 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Community Regeneration
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Meeting: 08/01/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Community Regeneration
NDM7221 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Regrets the failure of the Welsh
Government’s Communities First programme to tackle poverty in the most deprived
communities of Wales.
2. Recognises the need to deliver, in
practice, a co-productive approach to community regeneration, with community
involvement in co-designing and co-delivery of local services.
3. Acknowledges the particular challenges
faced by seaside and market towns with higher retail vacancy rates and higher
levels of deprivation than in other parts of Wales.
4. Calls upon the Welsh Government to
establish Seaside Town and Market Town funds to support regeneration in
communities across Wales.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Welcomes the £800m investment in
community and town centre regeneration between 2014 and 2022.
2. Notes the support the Welsh Government
provides for local businesses in towns throughout Wales, including a
comprehensive package of non-domestic rates relief, to address high street
vacancies.
3. Recognises the important role of
Business Improvement Districts in helping businesses and communities to work
together to deliver grassroots solutions and support the regeneration of their
local areas.
[If Amendment 1 is agreed amendment 2 will
be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Regrets the UK Government’s benefits
policies, particularly Universal Credit, which have increased poverty as
reported by the United Nations in Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme
poverty and human rights.
Acknowledges the damaging effects of
austerity on community regeneration and calls on the Welsh Government to
support community initiatives to reverse its effects.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to
co-develop high street regeneration and local transport policy as a way to
improve community regeneration.
Minutes:
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7221 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Regrets the failure of the Welsh Government’s Communities First programme to
tackle poverty in the most deprived communities of Wales.
2.
Recognises the need to deliver, in practice, a co-productive approach to
community regeneration, with community involvement in co-designing and
co-delivery of local services.
3.
Acknowledges the particular challenges faced by seaside and market towns with
higher retail vacancy rates and higher levels of deprivation than in other
parts of Wales.
4.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to establish Seaside Town and Market Town funds
to support regeneration in communities across Wales.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
11 |
1 |
37 |
49 |
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. Welcomes the
£800m investment in community and town centre regeneration between 2014 and
2022.
2. Notes the
support the Welsh Government provides for local businesses in towns throughout
Wales, including a comprehensive package of non-domestic rates relief, to
address high street vacancies.
3. Recognises the
important role of Business Improvement Districts in helping businesses and
communities to work together to deliver grassroots solutions and support the
regeneration of their local areas.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
0 |
22 |
49 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As Amendment 1 was
agreed amendment 2 was de-selected
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7221 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Welcomes the
£800m investment in community and town centre regeneration between 2014 and 2022.
2. Notes the
support the Welsh Government provides for local businesses in towns throughout
Wales, including a comprehensive package of non-domestic rates relief, to
address high street vacancies.
3. Recognises the
important role of Business Improvement Districts in helping businesses and
communities to work together to deliver grassroots solutions and support the
regeneration of their local areas.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
0 |
22 |
49 |
The motion as amended was agreed.