Motions and Amendments for Debate on 09 February 2011
Motions tabled on 02 February 2011
Short Debate
NDM4657 Eleanor Burnham (North Wales): A Picture of Health? LHBs and Effective Service Delivery
NDM4656 Peter Black (South Wales West)
The National Assembly for Wales:
1. Welcomes the decision of the UK government to provide financial support to people in England infected with hepatitis C after receiving contaminated blood transfusions.
2. Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to provide similar financial support for people in Wales who are similarly affected.
NDM4658 Nick Ramsay (Monmouthshire)
The National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the progress made under the Autism Spectrum Disorder Strategic Action Plan for Wales;
2. Expresses concern however that many people with autism and their parents/carers are still not getting the support they need, as illustrated in the NASC report The Life We Choose;
3. Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to review the Autism Spectrum Disorder Strategic Action Plan in order to address the concerns raised in The Life We Choose.
A copy of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Strategic Action Plan can be found at:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/childrenyoungpeople/publications/autisticspectrumdisorderplan/?lang=en
A copy of The Life We Choose can be found at:
NDM4659 Gareth Jones (Aberconwy)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the Enterprise and Learning Committee's report on the Role of social enterprises in the Welsh economy which was laid in the Table Office on 18 November 2010.
Note: The response of the Minister for Economy and Transport which was laid in the Table Office on 2 February 2011.
Amendments tabled on 04 February 2011
To propose that the Assembly resolves to adopt the following amendments to motions:
NDM4656
Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all and replace with:
The National Assembly for Wales
1. Notes the decision of the UK government to provide financial support to people in England infected with hepatitis C after receiving contaminated blood transfusions.
2. Notes that the Welsh Assembly Government is currently considering the UK Department of Health's “Review of the Support Available to Individuals Infected with Hepatitis C and/or HIV by NHS supplied Blood Transfusions or Blood Products and their Dependants” and is consulting with interested parties.
A copy of the UK Department of Health's “Review of the Support Available to Individuals Infected with Hepatitis C and/or HIV by NHS supplied Blood Transfusions or Blood Products and their Dependants” is available via the following link:
NDM4658
1. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete point 3 and replace with:
3. Notes that funding of over £2 million has been agreed for 2011-12 to take forward actions in the Autism Spectrum Disorder Strategic Action Plan for Wales; and
4. Notes that the Welsh Assembly Government is currently undertaking its own evaluation of the progress made on the Autism Spectrum Strategic Action Plan during its first two years, that this evaluation will identify areas that need to be expanded on or improved on and that the findings of the NASC Report The Life We Choose will be considered in drawing up the evaluation report.
2. Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes that much of the support that people with autism and their parents/carers need is funded through the Welsh Assembly Government’s education, local government and social justice budgets, and that further cuts to these budgets would severely limit the ability to fund autism support.