Motions and Amendments for future Debate

Motions tabled on 17 November 2011

NNDM4862
Mick Antoniw (Pontypridd)
Nick Ramsay (Monmouth)
Lindsay Whittle (South Wales East)
Jocelyn Davies (South Wales East)
Byron Davies (South Wales West)
Vaughan Gething (Cardiff South and Penarth)
Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Keith Davies (Llanelli)
Christine Chapman (Cynon Valley)
Lynne Neagle (Torfaen)
Eluned Parrott (South Wales Central)
Mark Drakeford (Cardiff West)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Welcomes the broad range of support, including from the Welsh Government, for an integrated rapid transit system (metro) based on the valleys rail network;

2. Acknowledges that the electrification of the Valleys’ Lines is a non-devolved matter and a pre-requisite of the development of the metro; and

3. Recognises that the current financial context, coupled with the absence of Welsh Government borrowing powers, will result in incremental progress of the project and will require a collaborative approach co-ordinated by the Welsh Government.

Supported by:
Julie James (Swansea West)

NNDM4863
Llyr Huws Gruffydd (North Wales)
Rebecca Evans (Mid and West Wales)
William Powell (Mid and West Wales)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Urges the Welsh Government to ensure that the National Transport Plan promotes funding and activity focused on enabling a wide variety of low carbon, sustainable modes of travel in rural areas, including National Parks.

The National Transport Plan can be accessed on the following link:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/transport/publications/ntp/?lang=en

Supported by:
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales)

NNDM4864
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Mark Drakeford (Cardiff West)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales)
Aled Roberts (North Wales)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes:

a) the proliferation of pay day loan companies operating in Wales;

b) the extremely high rates of interest many such companies charge their customers;

c) the increasing ease of access to such loans through smartphones and the internet; and

d) the potential for such lending to create severe debt amongst our poorest communities and to suck money out of them.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government, local authorities and the third sector to work together as much as possible to offer viable alternatives to such companies and to alert citizens to the real cost of the loans offered.

Supported by:
Keith Davies (Llanelli)
Mick Antoniw (Pontypridd)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Peter Black (South Wales West)
Mike Hedges (Swansea East)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales)
David Rees (Aberavon)
Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Suzy Davies (South Wales West)
Nick Ramsay (Monmouth)
Julie James (Swansea West)
William Powell (Mid and West Wales)
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
Bethan Jenkins (South Wales West)
Llyr Huws Gruffydd (North Wales)
Vaughan Gething (Cardiff South and Penarth)
Lindsay Whittle (South Wales East)
Rhodri Glyn Thomas (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Alun Ffred Jones (Arfon)
Leanne Wood (South Wales Central)
Rebecca Evans (Mid and West Wales)

NNDM4865

Ken Skates (Clwyd South)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 26.91:

Agrees that Ken Skates may introduce a Bill to give effect to the pre-ballot information tabled on 14 October 2011 under Standing Order 26.90.

The pre-ballot information can be accessed on the following link:

http://www.assemblywales.org/bus-home/bus-legislation/bill_ballots/bill_020.htm