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NDMXXXX Debate: Cardiff Airport
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Meeting: 10/03/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 9)
Debate: Cardiff Airport
NDM7290 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the economic
and social importance to Wales of Cardiff International Airport.
2. Welcomes that
Cardiff International Airport is now responsible for the operation of Anglesey
Airport’s passenger terminal facility and recognises the important regional air
link between north and south Wales.
3. Recognises that
over 1700 people are employed at the Cardiff Airport site and the £250m of GVA
benefit it brings to Wales’s economy.
4. Agrees that it
is vital for Wales’s trading economy post-Brexit to support Cardiff Airport as
part of a high quality, integrated and low carbon public transport system in
Wales.
5. Notes the UK
Government’s interventionist approach to rescuing Flybe but calls upon the UK
Government to go further to boost competitiveness by supporting the cost of
regulation at the UK’s smaller airports, as happens across Europe.
6. Calls upon the
new UK Government to finally allow the devolution of Air Passenger Duty in full
to Wales.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes news that Flybe has entered
administration and expresses concern about the potential adverse impact of this
on the future of Cardiff Airport.
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to publish a
comprehensive strategy for Cardiff Airport with the aim of returning it to the
commercial sector at the earliest opportunity and at a profit to the Welsh
taxpayer, and that the strategy should include plans to:
a) invest in the airport's capital
infrastructure to enable the airport to diversify and generate new sources of
revenue;
b) support route development, prioritising a
direct flight link to the USA and one to Manchester given its status as a major
hub in the north of England serving north Wales;
c) develop a new marketing strategy for the
airport;
d) work with the UK Government to devolve and
scrap Air Passenger Duty;
e) improve transport links to the airport to
make the airport more accessible by investing in improved road, rail and public
transport links.
Amendment 2 - Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Looks to Cardiff International Airport to
make annual profits at least at the operating level, i.e. before finance costs.
Amendment 3 - Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls upon the Welsh Government to seek a
private sector partner to help operate and take a minority stake in Cardiff
International Airport within 5 years.
Minutes:
The item started at 15.46
Voting on the
motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7290 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the
economic and social importance to Wales of Cardiff International Airport.
2. Welcomes that
Cardiff International Airport is now responsible for the operation of Anglesey
Airport’s passenger terminal facility and recognises the important regional air
link between north and south Wales.
3. Recognises that
over 1700 people are employed at the Cardiff Airport site and the £250m of GVA
benefit it brings to Wales’s economy.
4. Agrees that it
is vital for Wales’s trading economy post-Brexit to support Cardiff Airport as
part of a high quality, integrated and low carbon public transport system in
Wales.
5. Notes the UK
Government’s interventionist approach to rescuing Flybe but calls upon the UK
Government to go further to boost competitiveness by supporting the cost of
regulation at the UK’s smaller airports, as happens across Europe.
6. Calls upon the
new UK Government to finally allow the devolution of Air Passenger Duty in full
to Wales.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete all and
replace with:
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes news that
Flybe has entered administration and expresses concern about the potential
adverse impact of this on the future of Cardiff Airport.
2. Calls on the
Welsh Government to publish a comprehensive strategy for Cardiff Airport with
the aim of returning it to the commercial sector at the earliest opportunity
and at a profit to the Welsh taxpayer, and that the strategy should include
plans to:
a) invest in the
airport's capital infrastructure to enable the airport to diversify and
generate new sources of revenue;
b) support route
development, prioritising a direct flight link to the USA and one to Manchester
given its status as a major hub in the north of England serving north Wales;
c) develop a new
marketing strategy for the airport;
d) work with the UK
Government to devolve and scrap Air Passenger Duty;
e) improve transport
links to the airport to make the airport more accessible by investing in
improved road, rail and public transport links.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
12 |
0 |
38 |
50 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Looks to Cardiff
International Airport to make annual profits at least at the operating level,
i.e. before finance costs.
A vote was taken on
amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
13 |
0 |
37 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 - Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls upon the Welsh Government to seek a private sector partner to help
operate and take a minority stake in Cardiff International Airport within 5
years.
A vote was taken on
amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
0 |
37 |
51 |
Amendment 3 was not agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion:
NDM7290 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the economic and social importance to
Wales of Cardiff International Airport.
2. Welcomes that Cardiff International Airport is
now responsible for the operation of Anglesey Airport’s passenger terminal
facility and recognises the important regional air link between north and south
Wales.
3. Recognises that over 1700 people are employed at
the Cardiff Airport site and the £250m of GVA benefit it brings to Wales’s
economy.
4. Agrees that it is vital for Wales’s trading
economy post-Brexit to support Cardiff Airport as part of a high quality,
integrated and low carbon public transport system in Wales.
5. Notes the UK Government’s interventionist
approach to rescuing Flybe but calls upon the UK Government to go further to
boost competitiveness by supporting the cost of regulation at the UK’s smaller
airports, as happens across Europe.
6. Calls upon the new UK Government to finally allow
the devolution of Air Passenger Duty in full to Wales.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
39 |
0 |
12 |
51 |
The motion was agreed.