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NDM7331 Plaid Cymru Debate - The Economy and Covid-19
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Meeting: 10/06/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Plaid Cymru Debate - The Economy and Covid-19
NDM7331 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon):
To propose
that the Senedd:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to:
a) establish
an employment guarantee scheme for young people suffering unemployment as a
result of Covid-19;
b)
establish a job reskilling and retraining scheme designed to support those
needing to find alternative employment following the crisis;
c)
convene a citizen's assembly to discuss how Wales should "Build Back
Better" following the experience of the crisis; and
d)
establish a multi-billion "All Wales Renewal Fund" to finance the
rebuilding of our country.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the package of employability
support currently available through the Welsh Government including the highly
regarded Jobs Growth Wales scheme which has supported more than 19,000 young
people into good quality work and ReAct which for more than a decade has helped
individuals retrain and find new employment.
2. Notes the Welsh Government's £500m
Economic Resilience Fund which is currently helping thousands of small and
medium sized businesses in Wales stay afloat and keep individuals in employment
and which will in future support recovery.
3. Notes the expert work being coordinated
by the Counsel General across Welsh Government on recovery planning including
work by the Minister for Economy to identify further skills interventions which
can support effective retraining in the coming months and the recovery phase.
4. Welcomes the constructive discussions
the Minister for Economy has had with all parties about how we emerge from
Coronavirus with the best possible prospects for young people.
5. Recognises the need to work in social
partnership with trade unions and business to Build Back Better for the future.
6. Recognises that the Welsh Government has
dedicated close to £2.5bn to its Covid-19 response since March 2020, further
notes the scale of the economic crisis facing the whole of the United Kingdom
and calls on the UK Government to develop a significant economic stimulus
package that can support the Welsh Government’s work towards a green and just
recovery.
[If Amendment 1 is agreed amendments 2, 3,
4 and 5 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 – Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In sub-point (a), delete ‘employment’ and
replace with ‘apprenticeship’.
Amendment 3 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert at end of sub-point (b):
‘and introduce skills retention and
development programmes as soon as practical in the most at risk sectors to
ensure no loss of capability and the opportunity to upskill the local workforce
during this period of reduced activity.’
Amendment 4 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
In sub-point (c), delete ‘citizen’s
assembly’ and replace with ‘cross party taskforce’.
Amendment 5 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete sub-point d) and replace with:
‘establish a Covid Community Recovery Fund
to support those towns and communities whose economies are hardest hit by the
pandemic.’
Amendment 6 – Neil
McEvoy
Add as new point at end of motion:
In order to rebuild Wales economically as a
result of the Covid-19 crisis, calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) ensure that the Covid-19 business rate
relief scheme supports businesses occupying premises and not landlords who own
the premises;
b) provide support for those in the
hospitality industry being charged full rent by pub companies during the
crisis;
c) legislate to enable Welsh companies to
successfully bid for Welsh public sector contracts; and
d) orientate its economic policy toward a
food and drink export-led recovery by creating a fully fledged whisky industry.
Minutes:
The item started at
15.51
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7331 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon):
To
propose that the Senedd:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to:
a)
establish an employment guarantee scheme for young people suffering
unemployment as a result of Covid-19;
b)
establish a job reskilling and retraining scheme designed to support those
needing to find alternative employment following the crisis;
c)
convene a citizen's assembly to discuss how Wales should "Build Back
Better" following the experience of the crisis; and
d)
establish a multi-billion "All Wales Renewal Fund" to finance the
rebuilding of our country.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
10 |
0 |
47 |
57 |
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
Senedd:
1. Notes the
package of employability support currently available through the Welsh
Government including the highly regarded Jobs Growth Wales scheme which has
supported more than 19,000 young people into good quality work and ReAct which
for more than a decade has helped individuals retrain and find new employment.
2. Notes the Welsh
Government's £500m Economic Resilience Fund which is currently helping
thousands of small and medium sized businesses in Wales stay afloat and keep
individuals in employment and which will in future support recovery.
3. Notes the expert
work being coordinated by the Counsel General across Welsh Government on
recovery planning including work by the Minister for Economy to identify
further skills interventions which can support effective retraining in the
coming months and the recovery phase.
4. Welcomes the
constructive discussions the Minister for Economy has had with all parties
about how we emerge from Coronavirus with the best possible prospects for young
people.
5. Recognises the
need to work in social partnership with trade unions and business to Build Back
Better for the future.
6. Recognises that
the Welsh Government has dedicated close to £2.5bn to its Covid-19 response
since March 2020, further notes the scale of the economic crisis facing the
whole of the United Kingdom and calls on the UK Government to develop a
significant economic stimulus package that can support the Welsh Government’s
work towards a green and just recovery.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
30 |
4 |
23 |
57 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As
Amendment 1 was agreed amendments 2, 3, 4 and 5 were de-selected
Amendment 6 – Neil McEvoy
Add as new point at end of motion:
In order to rebuild Wales economically as a result of the Covid-19
crisis, calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) ensure that the Covid-19 business rate relief scheme supports
businesses occupying premises and not landlords who own the premises;
b) provide support for those in the hospitality industry being charged
full rent by pub companies during the crisis;
c) legislate to enable Welsh companies to successfully bid for Welsh
public sector contracts; and
d) orientate its economic policy toward a food and drink export-led
recovery by creating a fully fledged whisky industry.
A vote was taken on
amendment 6:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
2 |
24 |
31 |
57 |
Amendment 6 was not agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Notes the package of employability support currently available through the
Welsh Government including the highly regarded Jobs Growth Wales scheme which
has supported more than 19,000 young people into good quality work and ReAct
which for more than a decade has helped individuals retrain and find new
employment.
2.
Notes the Welsh Government's £500m Economic Resilience Fund which is currently
helping thousands of small and medium sized businesses in Wales stay afloat and
keep individuals in employment and which will in future support recovery.
3.
Notes the expert work being coordinated by the Counsel General across Welsh
Government on recovery planning including work by the Minister for Economy to
identify further skills interventions which can support effective retraining in
the coming months and the recovery phase.
4.
Welcomes the constructive discussions the Minister for Economy has had with all
parties about how we emerge from Coronavirus with the best possible prospects
for young people.
5.
Recognises the need to work in social partnership with trade unions and
business to Build Back Better for the future.
6.
Recognises that the Welsh Government has dedicated close to £2.5bn to its
Covid-19 response since March 2020, further notes the scale of the economic
crisis facing the whole of the United Kingdom and calls on the UK Government to
develop a significant economic stimulus package that can support the Welsh
Government’s work towards a green and just recovery.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
30 |
4 |
23 |
57 |
The motion as amended was agreed.