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NDM7530 Debate: The End of the Transition Period
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Meeting: 30/12/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)
Debate: The End of the Transition Period
NDM7530 Rebecca Evans
(Gower)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the agreement in principle reached
by the UK Government and the EU on our long-term future relationship at the end
of the transition period.
2. Notes the UK Government’s intention to
implement the agreement via a European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.
3. Regrets that it is not in a position to
determine legislative consent, given that the Bill has been provided to the
Senedd at very short notice and contains provisions capable of impacting on the
devolution settlement.
4. Regrets that this damaging deal does not
reflect the aspirations of the Senedd as reflected in ‘Securing Wales' Future’
and ‘The Future EU Relationship: Priorities for Wales’ but nevertheless,
accepts that this deal is less damaging than leaving the transition period
without a trade deal.
5. Supports the continued efforts to
mitigate the short-term disruption and the long-term harm which will result
from the change in our economic relationship with the EU and calls on the UK
Government to work with the Welsh Government to that end.
The future UK/EU
relationship: negotiating priorities for Wales
Supporting Documents
European Union (Future
Relationship) Bill
The following amendments were selected:
Amendment 1 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete all and replace with:
1. Welcomes the trade and cooperation
agreement between the UK Government and the European Union.
2. Believes that it is in the interests of
Wales to extend support for the agreement and to provide legislative consent
for its implementation via a European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.
3. Calls upon the Welsh Government to work
constructively with the UK Government to take advantage of new opportunities for
Wales arising from the end of the post-Brexit transition period.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and
3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
Delete all after point 2 and replace with:
Regrets that the agreement does not fully
reflect the will of the Welsh people, as expressed in the European Union
referendum of June 2016, but notes that it does remove the United Kingdom from
being subject to the European Union's laws, which has had a damaging impact on
our economy and sovereignty, and brings to an end the divisive politics
expressed by the denial of the democratic process by remain campaigners.
[If amendment 2 is agreed, amendment 3 will
be de-selected]
Amendment 3 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
In point 4, delete ‘but nevertheless,
accepts that this deal is less damaging than leaving the transition period
without a trade deal’ and replace with ‘and believes that it represents a hard
Brexit for which there is no mandate and which is not in Wales’s interests’.
Amendment 4 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Does not support the Conservative UK
Government’s deal and calls on Wales’s representatives in the UK Parliament to
vote accordingly.
In accordance with Standing Order 12.23
(iii), the other amendments tabled to the motion were not selected.
Minutes:
The item started at 10.30
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7530 Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the agreement in principle reached by the
UK Government and the EU on our long-term future relationship at the end of the
transition period.
2. Notes the UK Government’s intention to implement
the agreement via a European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.
3. Regrets that it is not in a position to determine
legislative consent, given that the Bill has been provided to the Senedd at
very short notice and contains provisions capable of impacting on the
devolution settlement.
4. Regrets that this damaging deal does not reflect
the aspirations of the Senedd as reflected in ‘Securing Wales' Future’ and ‘The
Future EU Relationship: Priorities for Wales’ but nevertheless, accepts that
this deal is less damaging than leaving the transition period without a trade
deal.
5. Supports the continued efforts to mitigate the
short-term disruption and the long-term harm which will result from the change
in our economic relationship with the EU and calls on the UK Government to work
with the Welsh Government to that end.
The future UK/EU relationship:
negotiating priorities for Wales
In accordance with Standing Order 12.23(iii),
6 of the 10 amendments tabled to the motion were not selected.
The following amendments were selected:
Amendment
1 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete
all and replace with:
1.
Welcomes the trade and cooperation agreement between the UK Government and the
European Union.
2.
Believes that it is in the interests of Wales to extend support for the
agreement and to provide legislative consent for its implementation via a
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.
3.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to work constructively with the UK Government
to take advantage of new opportunities for Wales arising from the end of the
post-Brexit transition period.
A
vote was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
12 |
3 |
37 |
52 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment
2 Caroline
Jones (South Wales West)
Delete
all after point 2 and replace with:
Regrets
that the agreement does not fully reflect the will of the Welsh people, as
expressed in the European Union referendum of June 2016, but notes that it does
remove the United Kingdom from being subject to the European Union's laws,
which has had a damaging impact on our economy and sovereignty, and brings to
an end the divisive politics expressed by the denial of the democratic process
by remain campaigners.
A
vote was taken on amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
3 |
3 |
46 |
52 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment
3 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
In point
4, delete ‘but nevertheless, accepts that this deal is less damaging than
leaving the transition period without a trade deal’ and replace with ‘and
believes that it represents a hard Brexit for which there is no mandate and
which is not in Wales’s interests’.
A
vote was taken on amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
9 |
1 |
42 |
52 |
Amendment 3 was not agreed.
Amendment
4 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Does
not support the Conservative UK Government’s deal and calls on Wales’s
representatives in the UK Parliament to vote accordingly.
A
vote was taken on amendment 4:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
10 |
27 |
15 |
52 |
Amendment 4 was not agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion:
NDM7530 Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the agreement in principle reached by the
UK Government and the EU on our long-term future relationship at the end of the
transition period.
2. Notes the UK Government’s intention to implement
the agreement via a European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.
3. Regrets that it is not in a position to determine
legislative consent, given that the Bill has been provided to the Senedd at
very short notice and contains provisions capable of impacting on the
devolution settlement.
4. Regrets that this damaging deal does not reflect
the aspirations of the Senedd as reflected in ‘Securing Wales' Future’ and ‘The
Future EU Relationship: Priorities for Wales’ but nevertheless, accepts that
this deal is less damaging than leaving the transition period without a trade
deal.
5. Supports the continued efforts to mitigate the
short-term disruption and the long-term harm which will result from the change
in our economic relationship with the EU and calls on the UK Government to work
with the Welsh Government to that end.
The future UK/EU relationship: negotiating
priorities for Wales
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
28 |
0 |
24 |
52 |
The motion was agreed.
In
accordance with Standing Order 34.14D, at 12.07 proceedings were suspended to allow
a technical break before voting time.