Motions and Amendments for Debate on 22 March 2017
Motion tabled on 8 March 2017
NDM6259
Jeremy Miles (Neath)
Lee Waters (Llanelli)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Jayne Bryant (Newport West)
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Angela Burns (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that Wales benefits from a long coast line and the second highest tidal reach in the world.
2. Further notes that economic activity related to the sea is already valued at around £2.1bn in Wales, supporting tens of thousands of jobs.
3. Believes that a strategic commitment to the blue economy will enable Wales to turn our seas into one of our biggest economic assets.
4. Further believes that Wales can be a leader in marine renewable energy, tourism and sport, fishing, food and aquaculture, and marine manufacturing and engineering.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward an ambitious Marine Plan to support the sustainable development of the blue economy and to make it a central plank of its new economic strategy.
Motion tabled on 15 March 2017
Short Debate
NDM6266 Dawn Bowden (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Credit Unions: A key contribution to tackling financial exclusion
NDM6267 David Rees (Aberavon)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee on its Inquiry into the implications for Wales of leaving the European Union, which was laid in the Table Office on 27 January 2017
Note: The response by the Welsh Government was laid on 15 March 2017.
NDM6268 Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the importance of forward skills planning to meet the future needs of the construction industry to deliver infrastructure projects in Wales and beyond.
2. Believes that reform of public sector procurement in Wales is needed to take full advantage of the social, economic and environmental potential of the purchasing power of the Welsh public sector.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government:
a) to bring forward a procurement bill to make it mandatory for public sector bodies to follow Welsh Government policy on procurement, to maximise the social and economic impact of construction;
b) establish a national framework for public sector procurement in Wales to ensure the ambitions set out in the Wales Procurement Policy Statement are delivered;
c) to increase levels of capital infrastructure spending to boost the economy in Wales, providing a much needed boost for the construction sector;
d) consider the case for establishing a national construction college for Wales to develop high quality skills in the construction industry.
'Wales Procurement Policy Statement'
Amendments tabled on 17 March 2017
To propose that the Assembly resolves to adopt the following amendments to motions:
NDM6267
1. David Rowlands (South Wales East)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets that the report failed to look at the positives of leaving the European Union.
NDM6268
1. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to implement measures that will enable Welsh companies, in particular small and medium sized businesses, to access public sector contracts.
2. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan):
Delete all after point 1 and replace with:
2. Notes the work of the Welsh Government in developing the Wales Procurement Policy Statement which has lowered barriers to procurement for small and medium sized enterprises right across Wales.
3. Recognises the need to grow capability within the Welsh public sector to maximise the impact of procurement spend within the Welsh economy.
4. Notes the intention of the Welsh Government to develop a new programme for procurement to help enable the Welsh public sector to make intelligent use of policy and legislation across Wales.
5. Recognises the Welsh Government's capital investment plans and the significant procurement opportunities presented by the South Wales and North East Wales metros; the 21st Century schools programme; the M4 relief road; building 20,000 affordable homes; improvements to Wales' transport network and other major infrastructure projects."