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NDM7339 Welsh Conservatives Debate - COVID and the economy
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Meeting: 24/06/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 11)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - COVID and the economy
NDM7339 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises that the coronavirus pandemic
is both a public health and an economic emergency.
2. Welcomes the economic benefits afforded
to Wales as a result of being part of the United Kingdom during the pandemic,
including funding for:
a) the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
which is protecting 316,500 livelihoods in Wales; and
b) the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme
which is helping 102,000 people in Wales.
3. Notes with concern the Centre for Towns
report 'Covid and our Towns' which suggests that the economies of towns in the
valleys and on the north Wales coast will be among those hardest hit by the
pandemic.
4. Calls upon the Welsh Government to
establish a Covid Community Recovery Fund to provide targeted economic support
for those communities most adversely affected by the pandemic.
Centre for
Towns - Covid and our Towns - 23 April 2020
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete points 3 and 4 and replace with:
Welcomes the Welsh Government’s £500m
Economic Resilience Fund, part of a £1.7bn package of support for business in
Wales in response to the pandemic, which is the most generous anywhere in the
UK.
Notes that EU funding has helped the Welsh
Government respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and further notes that without
successor funding the Welsh Government will be unable to respond at this scale
in any future crisis.
Notes the Centre for Towns report ‘Covid
and our Towns’ and welcomes the cross-government measures the Welsh Government
is taking through its Town Centre Action Group and ‘Transforming Towns’ agenda
across Wales.
Recognises the important role that creative
and dynamic town councils and Business Improvement Districts will play in
helping town centres recover from the economic impact of Coronavirus.
Welcomes the experimental work being done
through the Foundational Economy Challenge Fund to explore new ways of building
resilience into towns and communities across Wales which can support our
response to the covid pandemic.
Welcomes calls made by organisations
including WLGA, FSB Cymru, Wales TUC, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Wales
Governance Centre for the UK Government to urgently remove the fiscal
restrictions that significantly limit the Welsh Government’s spending power to
allow it to respond effectively to the pandemic.
Further 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 towns and communities
the length and breadth of Wales in light of the pandemic.
[If Amendment 1 is agreed amendment 2 will
be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Delete point 4 and replace with:
Calls upon the Welsh Government to
establish an All-Wales Renewal Fund to deal with the effects of the pandemic,
that would transform sectors identified as being hit hardest by Covid-19, build
a sustainable Wales by paving the way to a carbon free nation by 2030 and
develop a new sense of ‘localism’ which values public services.
Amendment 3 - Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Believes that now is the time for the UK
Government to devolve further fiscal powers to the Welsh Government so that it
is able to better care for the people of Wales in light of the Covid-19
pandemic.
Minutes:
The item started at
17.41
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7339 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Recognises that the coronavirus pandemic is both a public health and an
economic emergency.
2.
Welcomes the economic benefits afforded to Wales as a result of being part of
the United Kingdom during the pandemic, including funding for:
a)
the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which is protecting 316,500 livelihoods in
Wales; and
b)
the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme which is helping 102,000 people in
Wales.
3.
Notes with concern the Centre for Towns report 'Covid and our Towns' which
suggests that the economies of towns in the valleys and on the north Wales
coast will be among those hardest hit by the pandemic.
4.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to establish a Covid Community Recovery Fund to
provide targeted economic support for those communities most adversely affected
by the pandemic.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
15 |
1 |
39 |
55 |
The motion without amendment was not
agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete points 3 and
4 and replace with:
Welcomes the Welsh
Government’s £500m Economic Resilience Fund, part of a £1.7bn package of
support for business in Wales in response to the pandemic, which is the most
generous anywhere in the UK.
Notes that EU
funding has helped the Welsh Government respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and
further notes that without successor funding the Welsh Government will be
unable to respond at this scale in any future crisis.
Notes the Centre
for Towns report ‘Covid and our Towns’ and welcomes the cross-government
measures the Welsh Government is taking through its Town Centre Action Group
and ‘Transforming Towns’ agenda across Wales.
Recognises the
important role that creative and dynamic town councils and Business Improvement
Districts will play in helping town centres recover from the economic impact of
Coronavirus.
Welcomes the
experimental work being done through the Foundational Economy Challenge Fund to
explore new ways of building resilience into towns and communities across Wales
which can support our response to the covid pandemic.
Welcomes calls made
by organisations including WLGA, FSB Cymru, Wales TUC, Institute for Fiscal
Studies and Wales Governance Centre for the UK Government to urgently remove
the fiscal restrictions that significantly limit the Welsh Government’s
spending power to allow it to respond effectively to the pandemic.
Further 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 towns
and communities the length and breadth of Wales in light of the pandemic.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
30 |
0 |
25 |
55 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As Amendment 1 was
agreed amendment 2 was de-selected
Amendment 3 - Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Believes that now is the time for the UK Government to devolve further
fiscal powers to the Welsh Government so that it is able to better care for the
people of Wales in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A vote was taken on
amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
39 |
0 |
16 |
55 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7339 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1.
Recognises that the coronavirus pandemic is both a public health and an
economic emergency.
2.
Welcomes the economic benefits afforded to Wales as a result of being part of
the United Kingdom during the pandemic, including funding for:
a)
the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which is protecting 316,500 livelihoods in
Wales; and
b)
the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme which is helping 102,000 people in
Wales.
3. Welcomes the
Welsh Government’s £500m Economic Resilience Fund, part of a £1.7bn package of
support for business in Wales in response to the pandemic, which is the most
generous anywhere in the UK.
4. Notes that EU
funding has helped the Welsh Government respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and
further notes that without successor funding the Welsh Government will be
unable to respond at this scale in any future crisis.
5. Notes the Centre
for Towns report ‘Covid and our Towns’ and welcomes the cross-government
measures the Welsh Government is taking through its Town Centre Action Group
and ‘Transforming Towns’ agenda across Wales.
6. Recognises the
important role that creative and dynamic town councils and Business Improvement
Districts will play in helping town centres recover from the economic impact of
Coronavirus.
7. Welcomes the
experimental work being done through the Foundational Economy Challenge Fund to
explore new ways of building resilience into towns and communities across Wales
which can support our response to the covid pandemic.
8. Welcomes calls
made by organisations including WLGA, FSB Cymru, Wales TUC, Institute for
Fiscal Studies and Wales Governance Centre for the UK Government to urgently
remove the fiscal restrictions that significantly limit the Welsh Government’s
spending power to allow it to respond effectively to the pandemic.
9. Further 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 towns
and communities the length and breadth of Wales in light of the pandemic.
10. Believes that now is the time for the UK Government to devolve
further fiscal powers to the Welsh Government so that it is able to better care
for the people of Wales in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
30 |
0 |
25 |
55 |
The motion as amended was agreed.