NDM7221 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Community Regeneration
NDM7221 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Community Regeneration
NDM7221 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Regrets the failure of the Welsh Government’s Communities First programme to
tackle poverty in the most deprived communities of Wales.
2.
Recognises the need to deliver, in practice, a co-productive approach to
community regeneration, with community involvement in co-designing and
co-delivery of local services.
3.
Acknowledges the particular challenges faced by seaside and market towns with
higher retail vacancy rates and higher levels of deprivation than in other
parts of Wales.
4.
Calls upon the Welsh Government to establish Seaside Town and Market Town funds
to support regeneration in communities across Wales.
The
following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment
1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete
all and replace with:
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Welcomes the £800m investment in community and town centre regeneration between
2014 and 2022.
2.
Notes the support the Welsh Government provides for local businesses in towns
throughout Wales, including a comprehensive package of non-domestic rates
relief, to address high street vacancies.
3.
Recognises the important role of Business Improvement Districts in helping
businesses and communities to work together to deliver grassroots solutions and
support the regeneration of their local areas.
[If
Amendment 1 is agreed amendment 2 will be de-selected]
Amendment
2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Delete
all after point 1 and replace with:
Regrets
the UK Government’s benefits policies, particularly Universal Credit, which
have increased poverty as reported by the United Nations in Report of the
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
Acknowledges
the damaging effects of austerity on community regeneration and calls on the
Welsh Government to support community initiatives to reverse its effects.
Calls
upon the Welsh Government to co-develop high street regeneration and local
transport policy as a way to improve community regeneration.
Business type: Debate
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 04/06/2021
Decision due: 8 Jan 2020 by Plenary - Fifth Senedd
Lead member: Darren Millar MS