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NDM8420 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Small businesses
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Meeting: 29/11/2023 - Plenary (Item 8)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Small businesses
NDM8420 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Small Business Saturday will
take place on 2 December 2023.
2. Recognises the vital contribution small
businesses make in creating jobs, supporting communities and developing local
economies.
3. Welcomes the Chancellor of the
Exchequer's cuts to national insurance contributions, which will benefit the
self-employed from April 2024.
4. Encourages communities to shop locally
to support small businesses to grow and thrive.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) use all available levers it has to
better support small businesses in Wales; and
b) continue to support small businesses
through changes in procurement policy across the public sector.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 3 and replace with:
Regrets the economic mismanagement of
successive Chancellors in recent years which has caused preventable harm to
small businesses who face higher energy and mortgage costs than many
comparative economies.
If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will
be de-selected.
Amendment 2 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
Delete point 3 and replace with:
Regrets that the proposed cut to National
Insurance will do little to alleviate the impact of fiscal drag on Welsh
workers in the small business sector.
Further regrets that the Office of Budget
Responsibility has downgraded its growth forecasts for the next two years,
which will inhibit the prosperity of our SME sector.
Amendment 3 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 5 and replace with:
Welcomes:
a) the support provided to small businesses
and entrepreneurs by the Welsh Government via services and initiatives such as
Business Wales, the Development Bank of Wales and the Barriers to Start Up
Grant; and
b) the Welsh Government’s approach to the
everyday economy and the progress made in helping more small businesses win
more contracts across Welsh public services.
Minutes:
The
item started at 17.37
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred
until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM8420 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Small Business Saturday will take place on 2
December 2023.
2. Recognises the vital contribution small businesses make in
creating jobs, supporting communities and developing local economies.
3. Welcomes the Chancellor of the Exchequer's cuts to national
insurance contributions, which will benefit the self-employed from April 2024.
4. Encourages communities to shop locally to support small
businesses to grow and thrive.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) use all available levers it has to better support small
businesses in Wales; and
b) continue to support small businesses through changes in
procurement policy across the public sector.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
0 |
36 |
50 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete
point 3 and replace with:
Regrets
the economic mismanagement of successive Chancellors in recent years which has
caused preventable harm to small businesses who face higher energy and mortgage
costs than many comparative economies.
A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
0 |
23 |
50 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was agreed, amendment 2 was de-selected.
Amendment
3 Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 5 and replace with:
Welcomes:
a) the support provided to small businesses and entrepreneurs
by the Welsh Government via services and initiatives such as Business Wales,
the Development Bank of Wales and the Barriers to Start Up Grant; and
b) the Welsh Government’s approach to the everyday
economy and the progress made in helping more small businesses win more
contracts across Welsh public services.
A vote
was taken on amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
26 |
0 |
24 |
50 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM8420 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Small Business Saturday will take place on 2
December 2023.
2. Recognises the vital contribution small businesses make in
creating jobs, supporting communities and developing local economies.
3. Regrets the economic mismanagement of successive Chancellors in
recent years which has caused preventable harm to small businesses who face
higher energy and mortgage costs than many comparative economies.
4. Encourages communities to shop locally to support small
businesses to grow and thrive.
5. Welcomes:
a) the support provided to small businesses and entrepreneurs by
the Welsh Government via services and initiatives such as Business Wales, the
Development Bank of Wales and the Barriers to Start Up Grant; and
b) the Welsh Government’s approach to the everyday economy and the
progress made in helping more small businesses win more contracts across Welsh
public services.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
25 |
0 |
26 |
51 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer
exercised his casting vote by voting against the motion as amended. Therefore,
the motion as amended was not agreed.