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NDM7372 Brexit Party Debate - UK Internal Market Bill

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Meeting: 16/09/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 10)

Brexit Party Debate - UK Internal Market Bill

NDM7372 Mark Reckless (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Welcomes the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

The following amendments have been tabled:

Amendment 1 Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)

 

Delete all and replace with:

 

Welcomes some parts of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill which rightly repatriate important powers from the EU to the UK.

 

[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and 3 will be de-selected]

 

Amendment 2 Rebecca Evans (Gower)

 

Delete all and replace with:

 

To propose that the Senedd:

 

Believes that the UK Government’s Internal Market Bill represents a comprehensive assault on the devolution settlement which, if enacted, would severely undermine the powers of the Senedd to protect and promote the interests of the people of Wales.

 

[If amendment 2 is agreed, amendments 3 will be de-selected]

 

 

Amendment 3 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)

 

Delete all and replace with:

 

To propose that the Senedd agrees that the UK Government’s Internal Market Bill is a direct assault on Welsh nationhood and democracy.

 

Amendment 4 Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)

 

Add as new point to the end of the motion:

 

Regrets those parts of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill which propose further devolution of powers to the Senedd and Welsh Government as, on the evidence of the last 20 years, the Welsh Government is likely to use them to increase regulation, restrict freedoms and undermine the competitiveness of the Welsh economy.

 

 

Amendment 5 Neil Hamilton Mid and West Wales)

 

Add as new point at the end of the motion:

 

Believes that, as part of a wider plan to remedy the unsatisfactory results of devolution by, in particular, democratising the NHS and creating more local autonomy in education, and while retaining the elements of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill which assist in rightly repatriating powers from the EU to the UK, the Senedd should be scrapped.

 

Amendment 6 Gareth Bennett (South Wales Central)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Believes that the powers repatriated by the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill should not be devolved to Wales given the failure that the Welsh Government and Senedd have shown with the current devolved powers that they have.

 

 

Amendment 7 Gareth Bennett (South Wales Central)

 

Add as new point at end of motion:

 

Calls for a binding referendum on whether to keep or abolish the devolved government and parliament of Wales, in light of the proposed aims of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.

 

 

Amendment 8 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)

 

Add as new point at end of motion: 

 

Calls on the Welsh Government to explore independence in order to protect Welsh democracy in light of the UK Government’s Internal Market Bill.

 

Minutes:

The item started at 18.12

 

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM7372 Mark Reckless (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Welcomes the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

For

Abstain

Against

Total

12

2

40

54

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

 

The following amendments were tabled:

 

Amendment 1 Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)

Delete all and replace with:

Welcomes some parts of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill which rightly repatriate important powers from the EU to the UK.

A vote was taken on amendment 1:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

2

0

52

54

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 2 Rebecca Evans (Gower)

Delete all and replace with:

To propose that the Senedd:

Believes that the UK Government’s Internal Market Bill represents a comprehensive assault on the devolution settlement which, if enacted, would severely undermine the powers of the Senedd to protect and promote the interests of the people of Wales.

A vote was taken on amendment 2:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

30

2

22

54

Amendment 2 was agreed.

 

As amendment 2 was agreed, amendment 3 was de-selected

 

Amendment 4 Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)

Add as new point to the end of the motion:

Regrets those parts of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill which propose further devolution of powers to the Senedd and Welsh Government as, on the evidence of the last 20 years, the Welsh Government is likely to use them to increase regulation, restrict freedoms and undermine the competitiveness of the Welsh economy.

A vote was taken on amendment 4:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

2

2

50

54

Amendment 4 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 5 Neil Hamilton Mid and West Wales)

Add as new point at the end of the motion:

Believes that, as part of a wider plan to remedy the unsatisfactory results of devolution by, in particular, democratising the NHS and creating more local autonomy in education, and while retaining the elements of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill which assist in rightly repatriating powers from the EU to the UK, the Senedd should be scrapped.

A vote was taken on amendment 5:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

2

2

50

54

Amendment 5 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 6 Gareth Bennett (South Wales Central)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Believes that the powers repatriated by the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill should not be devolved to Wales given the failure that the Welsh Government and Senedd have shown with the current devolved powers that they have.

A vote was taken on amendment 6:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

2

2

50

54

Amendment 6 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 7 Gareth Bennett (South Wales Central)

Add as new point at end of motion:

Calls for a binding referendum on whether to keep or abolish the devolved government and parliament of Wales, in light of the proposed aims of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.

A vote was taken on amendment 7:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

2

2

50

54

Amendment 7 was not agreed.

 

Amendment 8 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)

Add as new point at end of motion: 

Calls on the Welsh Government to explore independence in order to protect Welsh democracy in light of the UK Government’s Internal Market Bill.

A vote was taken on amendment 8:

For

Abstain

Against

Total

10

0

44

54

Amendment 8 was not agreed.

 

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

 

NDM7372 Mark Reckless (South Wales East)

To propose that the Senedd:

Believes that the UK Government’s Internal Market Bill represents a comprehensive assault on the devolution settlement which, if enacted, would severely undermine the powers of the Senedd to protect and promote the interests of the people of Wales.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

39

2

13

54

The motion as amended was agreed.