Third Assembly Plenary Meeting
Votes and Proceedings (119)
Date: Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Time:
1.30pm
Item 1: Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The first 9 questions were answered. Question 2 withdrawn.
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2.07pm
Item
2: Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Minister for the Economy and Transport
The first 6 questions were answered. Question 3 was answered by the Deputy Minister for Regeneration.
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Item 3: Debate on the Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee’s Report on the progress of Local Service Boards - No Motion was tabled
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2.55pm
Item
4: Welsh Conservatives Debate
NDM4175 Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
The National Assembly for Wales:
1) Expresses concern that patients across Wales do not have parity of access to medicines.
2) Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to take measures to improve accountability for drug provision decisions.
The following amendment was tabled:
Voting on the motion and amendment under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
Amendment 1 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
"Calls
on the Welsh Assembly Government to ensure that the savings from both the end of patents on common drugs and on the recent re-negotiation of drug prices is not re-allocated from the medicine budget until all avenues for funding high-cost, new drugs have been
explored.”
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
17 |
1 |
33 |
51 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
A vote was taken on the Motion:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
16 |
0 |
33 |
49 |
The Motion was not agreed.
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3.50pm
Item
5: Welsh Conservatives Debate
NDM4176 Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
The National Assembly for Wales:
Regrets the Welsh Assembly Government’s decision to cut the budget for the Tir Gofal agri-environment scheme in order to fund organic conversion in Wales.
The following amendments were tabled:
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
Amendment 1 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
"Regrets
the failure of the Welsh Assembly Government to fully assess the demand for, and to adequately fund, the organic conversion scheme.”
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
16 |
0 |
32 |
48 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Peter Black (South Wales West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
"Urges the Welsh Assembly Government to restore the budget for the Tir Gofal agri-environment scheme as
soon as possible”
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
17 |
0 |
33 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
A vote was taken on the Motion:
A vote was taken on the Motion as amended:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
17 |
0 |
33 |
50 |
The Motion was not agreed.
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4.34pm
Motion
to Suspend Standing Orders
NNDM4178 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), that part of Standing Order 7.19 which requires that amendments must be tabled at least 3 working days before the motion is to be debated 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 motion under Item 6 to be considered in Plenary on Wednesday 11 March 2009.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35
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4.35pm
Item
6: Welsh Liberal Democrats Debate
NNDM4177 Peter Black (South Wales West)
The National Assembly for Wales calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to re-examine its financial support for post-16 education.
The following amendments were tabled:
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
Amendment
1 - Carwyn Jones (Bridgend) - In accordance with Standing Order 7.19 (iii), this amendment was not selected
Delete
all after "Wales”
and replace with "notes that the Welsh Assembly Government is delivering support for post-16 education in line with the One Wales Agreement.”
Amendment 2 - Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
"Calls
on the Welsh Assembly Government to invest sufficiently in post 16 Education in Wales to ensure that our young people have the necessary skills to contribute to our future economic development.”
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
16 |
0 |
33 |
49 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment 3 - Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
"Regrets the Welsh Assembly Government's decision to cut funding for post 16 education in Wales.”
A vote was taken on Amendment 3:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
16 |
0 |
33 |
49 |
Amendment 3 was not agreed.
Amendment 4 - Alun Cairns (South Wales West)
Add new point at end of motion:
"Notes with concern the potentially detrimental effect of the funding cut for post 16 education for the ongoing
educational development of young people in Wales.”
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
16 |
0 |
34 |
50 |
Amendment 4 was not agreed.
A vote was taken on the Motion:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
16 |
0 |
33 |
49 |
The Motion was not agreed.
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5.29pm
Voting
Time
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5.32pm
Item
7: Short Debate
NDM4174 Ann Jones (Vale of Clwyd):
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