Third Assembly Plenary Meeting
Votes and Proceedings (212)
Date: Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Time: 13.30
13.30
William Graham was nominated as Temporary Deputy Presiding Officer for the duration of the meeting.
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13.30
Item 1: Nomination for the appointment of an Auditor General for Wales
NDM4529 Jonathan Morgan (Cardiff North)
The National Assembly for Wales:
1. Expresses its gratitude for the contribution of Gillian Body during her term of office as Auditor General for Wales;
2. 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 Huw Vaughan Thomas for appointment by Her Majesty as Auditor General for Wales for a term of eight years to commence immediately after the current Auditor General for Wales ceases to hold office.
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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13.35
Item 2: Questions to the First Minister
The first 10 questions were answered.
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14.26
Urgent Question
Bethan Jenkins (South Wales West): Will the Minister provide an update on the proposed closure of Linamar? - EAQ(3)1575(ECT)
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14.32
Item 3: Business Statement and Announcement
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15.04
Point of Order - Brian Gibbons on an urgent question which was requested and refused last week and subsequently accepted this week.
The Deputy Presiding Officer stated that, under Standing Order 7.56, the Presiding Officer may call a Member to ask an urgent question if he is satisfied that the question is of urgent public importance and he is given sufficient notice. The Presiding Officer took a decision last week based on the information that was available to him at that time. The Deputy Presiding Officer noted that the matter had moved on since last week and the decision to allow the urgent question was based on the information available today.
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15.05
Item 4: Statement by the First Minister: The Welsh Assembly Government’s Legislative Programme 2010-11
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15.43
Item 5: Statement by the Minister for Business and Budget: In Year Spending
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16.36
Item 6: Legislative Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Local Government: The Proposed Local Government (Wales) Measure
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17.13
Item 7: Motion to approve the General Principles of the Proposed Mental Health (Wales) Measure
NDM4525 Edwina Hart (Gower)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 23.24:
Agrees to the general principles of the Proposed Mental Health (Wales) Measure.
The Proposed Mental Health (Wales) Measure and Explanatory Memorandum were laid before the Assembly on 22 March 2010;
The report of Legislation Committee No. 3 on the Proposed Mental Health (Wales) Measure was laid before the Assembly on 2 July 2010.
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
NDM4526 Edwina Hart (Gower)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Proposed Mental Health (Wales) Measure, agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in Standing Order 23.80(ii)(b) and (c), arising in consequence of the Measure.
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
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Item 8: Debate on a Supplementary Budget
NDM4502 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To propose that the Assembly, in accordance with Standing Order 27.21, approves the Supplementary Budget for the financial year 2010 -11 laid in the Table Office by the Minister for Business and Budget and emailed to Assembly Members on Monday 21 June 2010.
Footnote:
In accordance with the relevant provisions contained in the Government of Wales Act 2006 and Standing Order 27, the Supplementary Budget comprises the following information:
the written statement required under section 125(3) of the Government of Wales Act;
the resources agreed by the Treasury for the Welsh block budget for the financial year covered by the motion;
a reconciliation between the resources allocated to the Welsh block budget by the Treasury and the resources to be authorised for use in the motion;
a reconciliation between the estimated amounts to be paid into the Welsh Consolidated Fund by the Secretary of State and the amounts to be authorised for payment out of the Fund in the motion; and
a reconciliation between the resources to be authorised under section 125(1)(a) and (b) of the Act and the amounts to be authorised for payment out of the Welsh Consolidated Fund under section 125(1)(c).
The following additional information has been made available to Members:
a note explaining the main changes from previous plans.
The motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 7.35.
The meeting concluded at 18.35
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