Motions and Amendments for Debate on 09 June 2010

Motions tabled on 02 June 2010

Short Debate

NDM4492 Mick Bates (Montgomeryshire): Changing politics: can the Assembly become a cradle of democratic reform?

NDM4489 William Graham (South Wales East)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, acting under Standing Order No. 1.10, elects Gareth Jones AM and John Griffiths AM, as Trustees of the National Assembly for Wales Members’ pension scheme in place of Mohammad Asghar AM and Carwyn Jones AM.

NDM4490 Nick Ramsay (Monmouth)

The National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes with deep concern the size of the United Kingdom’s budget deficit;

2. Welcomes the early efforts taken by Her Majesty’s Government to improve the public finances; and

3. Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to work more closely with the UK Government to secure further improvements.

NDM4491 Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)

The National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the report of the Rural Development Sub-committee on its Inquiry into the Future of the Uplands laid in the Table Office on 01 April 2010

Note: The response of the Welsh Government was laid in the Table Office on 02 June 2010.

Amendments tabled on 04 June 2010

To propose that the Assembly resolves to adopt the following amendments to motions:

NDM4490

Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

Delete all and replace with:

The National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the United Kingdom’s budget deficit and the on-going discussions between the Welsh Assembly Government and the UK Government;

2. Notes the need to secure clarity on the UK Government's proposals regarding public expenditure to enable effective decisions to be made in this financial year;

3. Notes the need to ensure that the timing is right in relation to the proposed cuts in public spending and that if spending is cut too soon, it would undermine the much-needed recovery and cost jobs;

4. Regrets the failure of the UK Government to take account of the underfunding of Wales, as recognised by the Holtham Commission, in proposing the cuts to public spending.