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NDM7854 Welsh Conservatives debate
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Meeting: 01/12/2021 - Plenary (Item 6)
Welsh Conservatives debate – Small businesses
NDM7854 Darren Millar
(Clwyd West)
To propose that the
Senedd:
1. Recognises small
business Saturday in championing Wales’s small businesses.
2. Believes that
small businesses are the beating hearts of the communities that they serve and
are a vital part of the Welsh economy.
3. Encourages
communities to shop local to support small businesses to grow and thrive,
creating jobs for local people.
4. Calls on the
Welsh Government to continue to support small businesses through changes in
procurement policy across the public sector, helping them to recover from the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The following amendment
has been tabled:
Amendment 1. Siân Gwenllian (Arfon)
In point 4, after
‘sector’ insert, 'that is based on a local-first principle, increasing Welsh-based
public sector procurement from the current level of 52 per cent'
Minutes:
The
item started at 16.38
Voting on the motion and amendment under this item was deferred
until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7854 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises small business Saturday in championing Wales’s small
businesses.
2. Believes that small businesses are the beating hearts of the
communities that they serve and are a vital part of the Welsh economy.
3. Encourages communities to shop local to support small
businesses to grow and thrive, creating jobs for local people.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to continue to support small
businesses through changes in procurement policy across the public sector,
helping them to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
0 |
40 |
54 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1. Siân
Gwenllian (Arfon)
In
point 4, after ‘sector’ insert, 'that is based on a local-first principle,
increasing Welsh-based public sector procurement from the current level of 52
per cent'
A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
54 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7854 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises small business Saturday in championing Wales’s small
businesses.
2. Believes that small businesses are the beating hearts of the
communities that they serve and are a vital part of the Welsh economy.
3. Encourages communities to shop local to support small
businesses to grow and thrive, creating jobs for local people.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to continue to support small
businesses through changes in procurement policy across the public sector that
is based on a local-first principle, increasing Welsh-based public sector
procurement from the current level of 52 per cent, helping them to recover from
the COVID-19 pandemic
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
54 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
The motion as amended was agreed.