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NDM8634 Plaid Cymru Debate - Devolved powers and funding
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Meeting: 10/07/2024 - Plenary (Item 6)
Plaid Cymru Debate - Devolved powers and funding
NDM8634 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the result of the UK general
election.
2. Believes that Wales should have at least
the same powers as the other devolved nations.
3. Calls on the new UK Government to:
a) increase the Welsh budget by £700 million
to restore it to the level set during the 2021 spending review;
b) devolve powers to manage the Crown Estate
and its assets to Wales; and
c) devolve powers around policing and justice
to Wales; and
d) return the power to make structural
funding decisions and allocations to the Welsh Government.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Jane
Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Welcomes the result of the UK general
election.
2. Believes that the election offers a new
opportunity for the UK and Welsh governments to work together on the basis of
mutual respect and with a sense of common purpose for the benefit of the people
of Wales and the UK as a whole.
3. Notes the challenging UK public finance
position and the tax burden on Welsh households as a result of decisions taken
by the previous UK Government.
4. Recognises that as a result of the
economic mismanagement of the previous UK Government, it will take time for the
public finances to recover.
5. Welcomes the commitments in the UK Labour
manifesto, including proposals to renew intergovernmental relations, update the
Fiscal Framework for Wales, to restore decision making to the Welsh Government
over post-EU structural funds, to devolve non-JobcentrePlus employment
support funding, and to explore the devolution of youth justice
and probation services.
6. Supports the Welsh Government to work
with the new UK Government to further strengthen devolution in Wales.
If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be
de-selected.
Amendment 2 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
Regrets the significant fall in voter
turnout.
Calls upon the new UK Government to set out its priorities for Wales.
Minutes:
The
item started at 16.33
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred
until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM8634 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the result of the UK general election.
2. Believes that Wales should have at least the same powers as the
other devolved nations.
3. Calls on the new UK Government to:
a) increase the Welsh budget by £700 million to restore it to the
level set during the 2021 spending review;
b) devolve powers to manage the Crown Estate and its assets to
Wales; and
c) devolve powers around policing and justice to Wales; and
d) return the power to make structural funding decisions and
allocations to the Welsh Government.
The following amendments were tabled:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
12 |
0 |
41 |
53 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan)
Delete
all and replace with:
1. Welcomes the result of the
UK general election.
2. Believes that the election
offers a new opportunity for the UK and Welsh governments to work together on
the basis of mutual respect and with a sense of common purpose for the benefit
of the people of Wales and the UK as a whole.
3. Notes the challenging UK
public finance position and the tax burden on Welsh households as a result of
decisions taken by the previous UK Government.
4. Recognises that as a result
of the economic mismanagement of the previous UK Government, it will take time
for the public finances to recover.
5. Welcomes the commitments in
the UK Labour manifesto, including proposals to renew intergovernmental
relations, update the Fiscal Framework for Wales, to restore decision making to
the Welsh Government over post-EU structural funds, to devolve non-JobcentrePlus
employment support funding, and to explore the
devolution of youth justice and probation services.
6. Supports the Welsh
Government to work with the new UK Government to further strengthen devolution
in Wales.
A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
0 |
26 |
53 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was agreed, amendment 2 was de-selected.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Welcomes the result of the UK general election.
2.
Believes that the election offers a new opportunity for the UK and Welsh
governments to work together on the basis of mutual respect and with a sense of
common purpose for the benefit of the people of Wales and the UK as a whole.
3.
Notes the challenging UK public finance position and the tax burden on Welsh
households as a result of decisions taken by the previous UK Government.
4.
Recognises that as a result of the economic mismanagement of the previous UK
Government, it will take time for the public finances to recover.
5.
Welcomes the commitments in the UK Labour manifesto, including proposals to
renew intergovernmental relations, update the Fiscal Framework for Wales, to
restore decision making to the Welsh Government over post-EU structural funds,
to devolve non-JobcentrePlus employment support funding, and to
explore the devolution of youth justice and probation services.
6.
Supports the Welsh Government to work with the new UK Government to
further strengthen devolution in Wales.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
0 |
26 |
53 |
The motion as amended was agreed.