Motions and Amendments for Debate on 2 April 2014
Motions tabled on 26 March 2014
Short Debate
NDM5483 Aled Roberts (North Wales): Staying on Track: Maintaining Rail Connectivity for North Wales
The importance of rail connectivity between North Wales and the HS2 hub at Crewe, along with the potential for enhanced capacity from Wrexham and the North Wales Coast to Liverpool and Manchester.
NDM5481 Rosemary Butler (Newport West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with section 5(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Remuneration) Measure 2010:
Resolves that Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Remuneration) Measure 2010 be amended so that the following offices or descriptions of persons are no longer disqualified from membership of the National Assembly for Wales Remuneration Board:
a) Member of the House of Lords;
b) A person who was a member of either of the panels appointed by the Assembly Commission to review the pay and allowances of Assembly Members in pursuance of the Assembly Commission’s resolutions of 4 July 2007 and 8 May 2008.
The National Assembly for Wales (Remuneration) Measure 2010 is available at:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2010/4/contents
NDM5482 Alun Ffred Jones (Arfon)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Environment and Sustainability Committee on its inquiry into Invasive Non Native Species which was laid in the Table Office on 10 January 2014.
Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 26 March 2014.
NDM5484 Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the Programme for Government indicators;
2. Calls on the First Minister to clarify the role the First Minister’s Delivery Unit plays in delivering these indicators;
3. Regrets the Delivery Unit’s apparent failure to improve the delivery of Welsh Government policy objectives for public service delivery in Wales.
The Programme for Government indicators are available at:
http://wales.gov.uk/about/programmeforgov/data?lang=en
NDM5485 Aled Roberts (North Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that 1 in 10 children and adolescents will experience a mental health issue and recognises the importance of early intervention to support young people in reaching their full potential.
2. Regrets the failure of the Welsh Government to address key findings from the 2009 review of Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and notes the significant concerns within the 2013 follow up review of safety issues.
3. Regrets that over the past year, the number of vulnerable young people in Wales waiting more than 14 weeks to access child and adolescent psychiatric services has almost quadrupled, from 199 in January 2013 to 736 in January 2014.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) address the inequitable variation in the availability and accessibility of CAMHS in Wales;
b) investigate the waiting times between a child or young person’s first assessment with CAMHS and their subsequent service referral;
c) review the governance arrangements for CAMHS inpatient units and out of area placements;
d) routinely publish readmission statistics to help inform trends in the patient discharging system;
e) ensure that all clinical staff within CAMHS have undertaken appropriate safeguarding checks;
f) establish a firmer procedure for health boards to report on inappropriate placements on adult mental health wards;
g) clarify the status of the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services;
h) consider the introduction of mental health education within the school curriculum to raise awareness and help address issues of stigma; and
i) introduce a national framework to ensure continuity of treatment in the transition between CAMHS and Adult Mental Health Services, including a streamlined information sharing system between providers.
The 2009 review ‘Services for children and young people with emotional and mental health needs’ is available at:
http://www.hiw.org.uk/Documents/477/CAMHS%20241109-e.pdf
The ‘Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Follow-up Review of Safety Issues’ (11 December 2013) is available at:
http://www.hiw.org.uk/Documents/477/CAMHS_Final_english.pdf
The National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services is available at:
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/docmetadata.cfm?orgid=441&id=46873
Motions tabled on 1 April 2014
NDM5487 Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Schedule 1, paragraph 1, to the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 and Standing Order 10.5:
Agrees to nominate Nicholas Bennett to Her Majesty for appointment as Public Services Ombudsman for Wales.
Amendments tabled on 27 March 2014
To propose that the Assembly resolves to adopt the following amendments to motions:
NDM5484
1. Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Insert as new point 2 and renumber accordingly:
Notes the findings of the report of the Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery with regards to the Programme for Government indicators;
The report of the Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery is available at: http://wales.gov.uk/docs/dpsp/publications/psgd/140120-psgd-full-report-env2.pdf
2. Aled Roberts (North Wales)
Insert as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:
Calls on the Welsh Government to publish targets and statistical indicators alongside all Government strategies and policies.
NDM5485
1. Lesley Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
2. Recognises the steps being taken by successive Welsh Governments to improve mental health services for young people; and
3. Reaffirms the partnership approach, which sees Welsh Government, health, education, local government and the third sector working together as partners to address the continuing challenges of providing effective services in this area.
2. Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Insert as new point 2 and renumber accordingly:
Notes that the Children's Commissioner has repeatedly expressed concern about support services for children and adolescents with mental health issues.
Amendments tabled on 28 March 2014
To propose that the Assembly resolves to adopt the following amendments to motions:
NDM5485
1. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets that real term cuts to the health budget have the potential to hinder the ability of Welsh Local Health Boards to deliver improvements in CAMHS.
2. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes the commitment of the Welsh Government to ring-fence spending on mental health services and calls upon the Minister for Health and Social Services to publish information to demonstrate that it is monitoring and delivering this commitment and how it is impacting upon CAMHS services.