Decisions

The item started at 15:21

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Welcomes the publication of the Annual Report of the Sustainable Development Scheme, in particular the commentary by the Sustainable Futures Commissioner.

Amendment 1 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to enact the recommendations of the Sustainable Futures Commissioner to ensure that sufficient attention is given to areas such as agriculture, food security and tourism in the future.

Amendment 2 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 3 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Notes the criticism of the Sustainable Futures Commissioner ‘that the report, seems to be championing money allocated and spent on initiatives, rather than championing the sustainable outcomes and benefits derived from those initiatives’ and calls on the Welsh Government to reconsider the way it assesses the success of Welsh Government programmes across all departments, based on outcomes rather than inputs.

Amendment 3 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 4 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Believes the Welsh Government will make further progress towards a sustainable Wales if it increases the availability of:

a) home energy efficiency programmes such as Arbed;
b) programmes to encourage communities to invest in small-scale renewable energy projects such as hydro-electricity; and
c) integrated public transport.

 Amendment 4 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 5 - Aled Roberts (North Wales)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Welcomes the UK Government’s commitment to electrification and the positive effect this will have on reducing Wales’ CO2 emissions.

Amendment 5 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Voting on the motion and the remaining amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

Amendment 6 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Expresses concern that the Welsh Government has made little progress in improving its Sustainable Development Indicators in 2012.

A vote was taken on Amendment 6:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
18	0	33	51

Amendment 6 was not agreed.

Amendment 7 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Calls on the Government to bring forward urgent remedial actions to resolve the 22 Sustainable Development Indicators for 2012 that have deteriorated or shown no improvement.

A vote was taken on Amendment 7:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
26	0	27	53

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the motion without amendment. Therefore, the motion without amendment was not agreed.

Amendment 8 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Regrets that the headline indicator of Gross Value Added (GVA), as outlined in the report, was 74% of the UK average in 2010, the lowest amongst the devolved countries and English regions.

A vote was taken on Amendment 8:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
26	0	27	53

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the motion without amendment. Therefore, the motion without amendment was not agreed.

Amendment 9 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Regrets the limited use of economic indicators within the report to judge the success of the Welsh Government Sustainable Development policy.

A vote was taken on Amendment 9:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
19	0	33	52

Amendment 9 was not agreed.

Amendment 10 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Notes the continued concerns from the Sustainable Futures Commissioner regarding aspects of the structure and content of the report.

 

 

A vote was taken on Amendment 10:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
52	0	0	52

Amendment 10 was agreed.

Amendment 11 - William Graham (South Wales East)

Add as a new point at the end of motion:

Calls on the Welsh Government to implement fully the recommendations made in the report by the Sustainable Futures Commissioner.

A vote was taken on Amendment 11:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
52	0	0	52

Amendment 11 was agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM5102 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the progress made on sustainable development in 2011-12, as set out in the Welsh Government’s Annual Report of the Sustainable Development Scheme, which was laid before the National Assembly for Wales on 20 November 2012.

Welcomes the publication of the Annual Report of the Sustainable Development Scheme, in particular the commentary by the Sustainable Futures Commissioner.

Calls on the Welsh Government to enact the recommendations of the Sustainable Futures Commissioner to ensure that sufficient attention is given to areas such as agriculture, food security and tourism in the future.

Notes the criticism of the Sustainable Futures Commissioner ‘that the report, seems to be championing money allocated and spent on initiatives, rather than championing the sustainable outcomes and benefits derived from those initiatives’ and calls on the Welsh Government to reconsider the way it assesses the success of Welsh Government programmes across all departments, based on outcomes rather than inputs.

Believes the Welsh Government will make further progress towards a sustainable Wales if it increases the availability of:

a) home energy efficiency programmes such as Arbed;
b) programmes to encourage communities to invest in small-scale renewable energy projects such as hydro-electricity; and
c) integrated public transport.

Welcomes the UK Government’s commitment to electrification and the positive effect this will have on reducing Wales’ CO2 emissions.

Notes the continued concerns from the Sustainable Futures Commissioner regarding aspects of the structure and content of the report.

Calls on the Welsh Government to implement fully the recommendations made in the report by the Sustainable Futures Commissioner. 

For	Abstain	Against	Total
39	0	13	52

The motion as amended was agreed.