Motions and Amendments for Debate on 6 July 2016
Motions tabled on 29 June 2016
Short Debate
NDM6059 Bethan Jenkins (South Wales West)
We need our unions more than ever
Looking at the work of unions in Wales in combatting austerity and encouraging greater membership and support of unions.
NDM6058
Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)
Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Believes that following Brexit, Tata Steel in Port Talbot has a better chance of survival.
NDM6060 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
The National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the content of the UK Government's legislative programme 2016/2017.
UK Government's legislative programme:
https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/queens-speech-2016
Amendments tabled on 30 June 2016
To propose that the Assembly resolves to adopt the following amendments to motions:
NDM6058
1. Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Delete all and replace with:
Notes the great importance of access to the Single Market for Tata UK.
2. Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Continues to press the Welsh and UK Governments to find ways to support all of the steel industry in Wales.
3. Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to exploit existing EU funding to promote Plaid Cymru proposals, specifically the European Fund for Strategic Investments so the new renewable energy plant can be built on the TATA site in Port Talbot to address the issue of high energy costs, and Horizon 2020, so that a steel research and development centre can be established at Swansea University's Innovation Campus to increase TATA UK's business opportunities.
4. Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh and UK Governments to provide additional funding to a Tata successor if this is necessary as a result of the uncertainty associated with the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
5. Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets UKIP's decision to vote against the European Commission's Modernisation proposals in the European Parliament – measures that would have led to far higher tariffs on Chinese steel being dumped on European markets.
6. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Delete all and replace with:
1. Recognises the crucial role of the steelworks in Port Talbot, Llanwern, Shotton and Trostre to the economy of Wales and the United Kingdom as a whole.
2. Recognises the work of both the UK and Welsh Governments towards helping TATA secure a credible buyer for the Port Talbot steelworks.
3. Encourages the UK and Welsh Governments to work together to devise a strategy to maximise the long-term viability and potential for steel production in Wales.
4. Encourages the UK and Welsh Governments to work together with other countries in Europe and across the world to secure trade agreements that are advantageous to the Welsh steel industry.
7. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all after 'following' and replace with:
'the EU Referendum result it is more important than ever that the UK Government works with the Welsh Government to secure a sustainable future for steel making in Wales.'
NDM6060
1. Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets that the UK Government's proposed Wales Bill falls short of offering comparable powers as those available to, or on offer to Scotland.
2. Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes the Research Briefing: 'Wales and the EU: What does the vote to leave the EU mean for Wales?' and believes that following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, provisions should be made to ensure that all legislation giving effect to EU Directives or Regulations pertaining to areas such as environmental protection, workers' rights, food safety and agriculture are retained in UK and Welsh law unless they are actively repealed by the relevant Parliament.