Third Assembly Plenary Meeting
Votes and Proceedings (179)
Date: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Time:
13.30
13.30
Item 1: Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs (30 mins)
The first 10 questions were answered. Question 1 was transferred for written answer.
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14.09
Item 2: Questions to the Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing (30 mins)
The first 8 questions were answered. Question 4 and 7 were answered by the Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration.
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14.55
Motion to suspend Standing Orders
NDM4410 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
That the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Orders 35.6 and 35.8:
Suspends Standing Order 7.18 (i) and that part of Standing Order 6.10 that requires the weekly announcement under Standing Order 6.3 to constitute the timetable for business in Plenary for the following week, to allow the motions under item 3 and 4 to be considered in Plenary on Wednesday 10 February 2010.
The motions were agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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14.56
Item 3: Motion to elect members to committees (1 min)
NNDM4405 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 10.3, elects Mike German (Liberal Democrats) in place of Mick Bates (Liberal Democrats) as a member of the Sustainability Committee.
NNDM4406 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 10.3 elects Jenny Randerson (Liberal Democrats) as a member of Legislation Committee No.4 in place of Mike German (Liberal Democrats).
NNDM4407 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 10.3 elects Jenny Randerson (Liberal Democrats) as a member of the Public Accounts Committee in place of Mike German (Liberal Democrats).
NNDM4408 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 10.3 elects Mike German (Liberal Democrats) as a member of Legislation Committee No.2 in place of Jenny Randerson (Liberal Democrats).
NNDM4409 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 10.3 elects Eleanor Burnham (Liberal Democrats) as a member of Legislation Committee No.5 in place of Mick Bates (Liberal Democrats).
The motions were agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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14.56
Item 4: Nomination by the Assembly of an Auditor General for Wales (1 min)
NNDM4404 Jonathan Morgan (Cardiff North)
The National Assembly for Wales:
Acting under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Government of Wales Act 2006, and having consulted representatives of local government bodies in Wales in accordance with paragraph 1(2), nominates Gillian Ann Body as Auditor General for Wales for a term which expires on 31 December 2010.
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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15.00
Item 5: Motion to elect a member to the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister (1 min)
NDM4399 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 10.3, elects Sandy Mewies (Labour) as a member of the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister in place of Janice Gregory (Labour).
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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15.01
Item 6: Motion to appoint auditors for the accounts of the Auditor General for Wales (5 mins)
NDM4402 Jonathan Morgan (Cardiff North)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Section 14(1) of schedule 8 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, appoints KTS Owens Thomas as the auditors of the accounts of the Auditor General for Wales.
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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15.02
Item 7: Motion to suspend Standing Orders
NDM4411 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
That the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Orders 35.6 and 35.8:
Suspends the part of Standing Order 22.31 which requires a draft Order to be laid in a sitting week, to allow draft Orders to be introduced on 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 February 2010.
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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15.05
Item 8: Debate on the Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee’s Report on its Inquiry into the Use and Regulation of Sunbeds in Wales (60 mins)
NDM4398 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
The National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee on its Inquiry into the Use and Regulation of Sunbeds, which was laid in the Table Office on 11 November 2009.
Note: The response by the Minister for Health and Social Services to the report was laid on 3 February 2010.
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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15.52
Item
9: Welsh Conversatives Debate (60 mins)
NDM4401 Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
The National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises that community pharmacies assist in wide scale prevention of health problems and in extensive management of chronic conditions, as well as in tackling ill health.
2. Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to engage community pharmacies in Wales in tackling the severe wastage of medicines and to re-invest any resulting savings into a range of community pharmacy preventative care services.
3. Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to publish the Final Report of the Minister's Pharmacy Task and Finish Group as soon as possible.
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item were deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
19 |
0 |
31 |
50 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
In point 2 delete all after "medicines".
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
31 |
0 |
19 |
50 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment 2 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to fully implement the Pharmacy recommendations of the Rural Health Plan to ensure
equitable access to medicines and pharmacy services around Wales.
A vote was taken on amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
19 |
0 |
31 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to work with Health Boards to make greater use of pharmacist prescribers to reduce
unnecessary GP appointments and make the best use of pharmacy training.
A vote was taken on amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
19 |
0 |
31 |
50 |
Amendment 3 was not agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM4401 Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
The National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises that community pharmacies assist in wide scale prevention of health problems and in extensive management of chronic conditions, as well as in tackling ill health.
2. Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to engage community pharmacies in Wales in tackling the severe wastage of medicines.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
35 |
0 |
15 |
50 |
The motion as amended was agreed.
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16.52
Item
10: Welsh Liberal Democrats Debate (60 mins)
NDM4403 Peter Black (South Wales West)
The National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the limited provision of specialist treatment for sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Wales; and
2. Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to recognise the prevalence of PTSD in Wales and to identify ways of extending treatment provision to those in need.
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item were deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
19 |
0 |
31 |
50 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
Notes
the challenges facing specialist healthcare services, such as PTSD, in the light of recruitment pressures.
A vote was taken on amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
18 |
0 |
31 |
49 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to identify specific and sustainable funding streams within the health budget to
tackle recruitment and training shortfalls in order to improve specialist treatment for sufferers of PTSD in Wales.
A vote was taken on amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
19 |
0 |
31 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 - Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to commission research into the incidence and range of PTSD in Wales and to deliver
services in partnership with the independent sector to meet the needs identified.
A vote was taken on amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
19 |
0 |
31 |
50 |
Amendment 3 was not agreed.
As the Assembly did not agree the motion without amendment, and did not agree the amendments tabled to the motion, the motion was therefore not agreed.
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17.42
Voting
Time
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17.46
Item
11: Short Debate
NDM4400 Mike German (South Wales East)
Gwent Parkway - Transport solutions for the near future?
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