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NDM7264 Plaid Cymru Debate - Air Pollution
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Meeting: 05/02/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Plaid Cymru Debate - Air Pollution
NDM7264 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Believes that air pollution is a public health
crisis, which contributes to an estimated 2,000 deaths a year in Wales.
2. Notes that large areas of Wales do not
monitor air quality.
3. Calls for a clean air act for Wales,
which would include measures to:
a) give communities the right to have pollution-monitoring
equipment outside of schools and hospitals;
b) create infrastructure that would enable
local authorities to introduce pollution and congestion charges where
appropriate,
c) reform the planning process to require
the impact of a development on air pollution to be given greater weight in the
planning system;
d) accelerate the
transition to an electric transport system so that petrol and diesel cars are
phased out by 2030.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete point 2 and replace with:
Calls for a new national air pollution
monitoring network that complements Wales’ existing monitoring capabilities.
Amendment 2 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point after point 2 and renumber
accordingly:
Further notes that air pollution
exacerbates existing lung conditions and is a cause of asthma and lung cancer,
and that the long-term impacts of poor air quality are not yet fully understood.
Amendment 3 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
In point 3, delete 'which would include
measures to:' and replace with 'and for Welsh Government and UK Government to
take decisive action to strengthen all measures, using legislation where
necessary, to:'.
Amendment 4 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 3, insert as new sub-points before
sub-point (a) and renumber accordingly:
'enshrine in law World Health Organisation air
quality guidelines;
mandate the Welsh Government to produce a
statutory air quality strategy every five years;'
Amendment 5 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In point 3(a), insert ', and introduce a
“right to breathe”' after 'hospitals'.
Minutes:
The
item started at 16.20
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7264
Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Believes that air pollution is a public health crisis, which contributes to an
estimated 2,000 deaths a year in Wales.
2.
Notes that large areas of Wales do not monitor air quality.
3.
Calls for a clean air act for Wales, which would include measures to:
a)
give communities the right to have pollution-monitoring equipment outside of
schools and hospitals;
b)
create infrastructure that would enable local authorities to introduce
pollution and congestion charges where appropriate,
c)
reform the planning process to require the impact of a development on air
pollution to be given greater weight in the planning system;
d)
accelerate the transition to an electric transport system so that petrol and
diesel cars are phased out by 2030.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
9 |
0 |
38 |
47 |
The motion without amendment was agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete
point 2 and replace with:
Calls
for a new national air pollution monitoring network that complements Wales’
existing monitoring capabilities.
A
vote was taken on amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
37 |
0 |
9 |
46 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment
2 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add
as new point after point 2 and renumber accordingly:
Further
notes that air pollution exacerbates existing lung conditions and is a cause of
asthma and lung cancer, and that the long-term impacts of poor air quality are
not yet fully understood.
A
vote was taken on amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
46 |
0 |
1 |
47 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
Amendment
3 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
In
point 3, delete 'which would include measures to:' and replace with 'and for
Welsh Government and UK Government to take decisive action to strengthen all
measures, using legislation where necessary, to:'.
A
vote was taken on amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
35 |
0 |
12 |
47 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment
4 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
In
point 3, insert as new sub-points before sub-point (a) and renumber
accordingly:
'enshrine in law World Health Organisation air
quality guidelines;
mandate
the Welsh Government to produce a statutory air quality strategy every five
years;'
A
vote was taken on amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
17 |
3 |
27 |
47 |
Amendment 4 was not agreed.
Amendment
5 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
In
point 3(a), insert ', and introduce a “right to breathe”' after 'hospitals'.
A
vote was taken on amendment 5:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
10 |
3 |
34 |
47 |
Amendment 5 was not agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7264
Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Believes that air pollution is a public health crisis, which contributes to an
estimated 2,000 deaths a year in Wales.
2.
Calls for a new national air pollution monitoring network that complements
Wales’ existing monitoring capabilities.
3. Further
notes that air pollution exacerbates existing lung conditions and is a cause of
asthma and lung cancer, and that the long-term impacts of poor air quality are
not yet fully understood.
4.
Calls for a clean air act for Wales, and for Welsh Government and UK Government
to take decisive action to strengthen all measures, using legislation where
necessary, to:
a)
give communities the right to have pollution-monitoring equipment outside of
schools and hospitals;
b)
create infrastructure that would enable local authorities to introduce
pollution and congestion charges where appropriate,
c)
reform the planning process to require the impact of a development on air
pollution to be given greater weight in the planning system;
d)
accelerate the transition to an electric transport system so that petrol and
diesel cars are phased out by 2030.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
42 |
1 |
4 |
47 |
The motion as amended was agreed.