Third Assembly Plenary Meeting

Votes and Proceedings (120)

Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Time: 1.30pm

Item 1:  Questions to the First Minister
The first 9 questions were answered.

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2.41pm
Item 2: Business Statement and Announcement

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Item 3: Motion to approve The Groundwater (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 - No motion tabled

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Item 4: Motion to approve the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Assessments, Standard Authorisations and Disputes about Residence) (Wales) Regulations 2009 - No motion tabled

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2.54pm
Item 5: Stage 3 Standing Order 23.57 Debate on the proposed Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure

In accordance with Standing Order 23.49, amendments will be disposed of in the following order- sections 1- 44, schedule, section 45 - 47. At the conclusion of Stage 3 the Minister may propose that the proposed Measure be passed in accordance with Standing Order 23.58.

The Amendments were grouped for the purposes of debate and the groupings were debated as follows:

1. Local curricula: Welsh language

Amendments 1, 28, 9, 29

2. Entitlement: Pupil’s choices of local curriculum courses - maximum number of courses

Amendments 2, 30

3. Entitlement: Head teacher’s / Principal’s decisions as to entitlement and to remove entitlement

Amendments 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11

4. Joint working - planning the local curriculum - Additional Learning Needs and working with neighbouring LEAs

Amendments 7, 24, 31

5. Joint working - planning the local curriculum - basic skills

Amendments 33, 34

6. Joint working - planning the local curriculum - consultation with the business sector, etc

Amendments 35, 36

7. Joint working - delivery of entitlements

Amendments 8, 12

8. Joint working - guidance and directions - safeguarding vulnerable groups

Amendments 25, 26

9. Application to institutions within the Higher Education Sector

Amendments 13, 15, 21

10. Regulations - operation of the local curriculum

Amendments 14, 17, 18, 19, 20

11. Learner support services - advice - impartiality

Amendment 32

12. Learning pathway: interpretation

Amendment 16

13. Commencement

Amendments 22, 23

14. Learner Travel

Amendment 27

15. Exclusion

Amendment 37

Voting was taken in the order set out in the Marshalled List of Amendments:

Amendment 1 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
33	0	14	47

Amendment 2 was agreed

A vote was taken on Amendment 28:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
13	0	34	47

Amendment 28 was not agreed.

Amendment 3 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 4 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 5 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 6 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

A vote was taken on Amendment 7:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
34	1	14	49

Amendment 7 was agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 33:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
15	0	36	51

Amendment 33 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 35:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
15	0	36	51

Amendment 35 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 8:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
33	0	14	47

Amendment 8 was agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 25:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
15	0	34	49

Amendment 25 was not agreed.

Amendment 9 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

A vote was taken on Amendment 30:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
14	0	35	49

Amendment 30 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 29:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
14	0	35	49

Amendment 29 was not agreed.

Amendment 10 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 11 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

A vote was taken on Amendment 24:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
14	0	34	48

Amendment 24 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 31:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
15	0	34	49

Amendment 31 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 34:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
14	0	35	49

Amendment 34 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 36:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
14	0	35	49

Amendment 36 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 12:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
35	0	14	49

Amendment 12 was agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 26:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
15	0	34	49

Amendment 26 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 13:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
39	0	9	48

Amendment 13 was agreed.

Amendment 14 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

A vote was taken on Amendment 15:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
44	0	9	53

Amendment 15 was agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 32:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
16	1	36	53

Amendment 32 was not agreed.

Amendment 16 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 17 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 18 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 19 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 20 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 22 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

Amendment 23 was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

A vote was taken on Amendment 21:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
36	0	17	53

Amendment 21 was agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 27:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	34	51

Amendment 27 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on Amendment 37:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	36	53

Amendment 37 was not agreed.

All sections and schedules of the proposed Measure were deemed agreed, concluding Stage 3 proceedings.

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6.46pm
Item 6: Stage 4 Standing Order 23.58 motion to approve the Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure

T

he Minister proposed that the proposed Measure be passed in accordance with Standing Order 23.58.

A vote was taken on the motion:

Votes and Proceedings

For	Abstain	Against	Total
37	16	0	53

The Measure was passed.

The Measure as passed will be availiable at the following link

Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure

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The meeting concluded at 6.50pm

The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 1.30pm on Wednesday 18 March 2009

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