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NDM8361 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Community assets
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Meeting: 27/09/2023 - Plenary (Item 8)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Community assets
NDM8361 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises that community assets act as
local hubs and provide important access to information, services, skills and
social experiences.
2. Further recognises community assets
improve community cohesion and allow local communities to take control of
shaping the area they live in.
3. Notes Audit Wales’s community resilience
and self-reliance report which outlines that local authorities find it
difficult to empower people and communities to be more self-reliant and less
dependent on services.
4. Regrets that there is no statutory right
for communities in Wales to buy land or assets as in Scotland, and no right to
bid, challenge, or build as in England.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) protect community assets by enabling
local people to run and expand facilities that benefit the local community; and
b) introduce a Community Ownership Fund and
Right to Bid to support the takeover of assets such as libraries, pubs, leisure
centres and green spaces.
Audit
Wales: 'Together we can’ – Community resilience and self-reliance
Supporters
Natasha
Asghar (South Wales East)
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete points 4 and 5 and replace with:
Welcomes the Welsh Government’s
long-standing commitment to:
a)
protect community assets by enabling local people to run and expand
facilities that benefit the local community;
b)
recognise, promote and share best practice across the public sector
through Ystadau Cymru; and
c) establishing a Community Assets Commission with a remit to further stimulate innovative thinking on community ownership of land and assets in Wales.
Minutes:
The item started at 16.59
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without
amendment:
NDM8361 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises that community assets act as local hubs and provide
important access to information, services, skills and social experiences.
2. Further recognises community assets improve community cohesion and
allow local communities to take control of shaping the area they live in.
3. Notes Audit Wales’s community resilience and self-reliance report
which outlines that local authorities find it difficult to empower people and
communities to be more self-reliant and less dependent on services.
4. Regrets that there is no statutory right for communities in Wales
to buy land or assets as in Scotland, and no right to bid, challenge, or build
as in England.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) protect community assets by enabling local people to run and expand
facilities that benefit the local community; and
b) introduce a Community Ownership Fund and Right to Bid to support
the takeover of assets such as libraries, pubs, leisure centres and green
spaces.
Audit Wales: 'Together we can’ – Community resilience
and self-reliance
Supporters
Natasha Asghar (South Wales
East)
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
29 |
0 |
30 |
59 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Presiding Officer used her
casting vote by voting against the motion without amendment. Therefore, the
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete points 4 and 5 and replace with:
Welcomes the Welsh Government’s long-standing commitment to:
a) protect community assets by
enabling local people to run and expand facilities that benefit the local
community;
b) recognise, promote and share
best practice across the public sector through Ystadau Cymru; and
c)
establishing a Community Assets Commission with a remit to further
stimulate innovative thinking on community ownership of land and assets in
Wales.
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
42 |
0 |
16 |
58 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM8361 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises that community assets act as local hubs and provide
important access to information, services, skills and social experiences.
2. Further recognises community assets improve community cohesion and
allow local communities to take control of shaping the area they live in.
3. Notes Audit Wales’s community resilience and self-reliance report
which outlines that local authorities find it difficult to empower people and
communities to be more self-reliant and less dependent on services.
4. Welcomes the Welsh Government’s long-standing commitment to:
a) protect community assets by
enabling local people to run and expand facilities that benefit the local
community;
b) recognise, promote and share
best practice across the public sector through Ystadau Cymru; and
c)
establishing a Community Assets Commission with a remit to further
stimulate innovative thinking on community ownership of land and assets in
Wales.
Audit Wales: 'Together we can’ – Community resilience
and self-reliance
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
58 |
0 |
0 |
58 |
The motion as amended was agreed.