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NDM8165 Plaid Cymru Debate - Child poverty
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Meeting: 14/12/2022 - Plenary (Item 7)
Plaid Cymru Debate - Child poverty
NDM8165 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Regrets that child poverty rates in
Wales are the highest in the UK.
2. Recognises that the current cost of
living crisis is exacerbating recent trends which have seen child poverty rates
increase in Wales, despite the Welsh Government’s pledge to eradicate child
poverty by 2020.
3. Notes that the Welsh Government does not
currently possess a strategy on tackling child poverty, despite repeated calls
from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and other child poverty action
groups for specific and urgent focus and action in this area.
4. Calls on the
Welsh Government to develop a child poverty strategy, underpinned by statutory
targets, as a matter of urgency.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the significant investment of the
Welsh Government in tackling child poverty and that in line with its current
Child Poverty Strategy, the Welsh Government will this month publish its update
report and will be publishing a refreshed strategy in 2023.
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will
be de-selected]
Amendment 2 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Insert as new point 3 and renumber
accordingly:
Welcomes the action being taken by the UK Government to help alleviate cost-of-living pressures faced by households in Wales.
Minutes:
The
item started at 17.05
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred
until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM8165 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Regrets that child poverty rates in Wales are the highest in
the UK.
2. Recognises that the current cost of living crisis is
exacerbating recent trends which have seen child poverty rates increase in
Wales, despite the Welsh Government’s pledge to eradicate child poverty by
2020.
3. Notes that the Welsh Government does not currently possess a
strategy on tackling child poverty, despite repeated calls from the Children’s
Commissioner for Wales and other child poverty action groups for specific and
urgent focus and action in this area.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to develop a child poverty
strategy, underpinned by statutory targets, as a matter of urgency.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
8 |
0 |
38 |
46 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all and replace with:
Notes the significant investment of the
Welsh Government in tackling child poverty and that in line with its current
Child Poverty Strategy, the Welsh Government will this month publish its update
report and will be publishing a refreshed strategy in 2023.
A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
24 |
0 |
22 |
46 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was agreed, amendment 2 was de-selected.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM8165 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the
significant investment of the Welsh Government in tackling child poverty and
that in line with its current Child Poverty Strategy, the Welsh Government will
this month publish its update report and will be publishing a refreshed
strategy in 2023.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
24 |
8 |
14 |
46 |
The motion as amended was agreed.