Third Assembly Plenary Meeting

Votes and Proceedings (133)

Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Time: 1.30pm

Item 1: Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Local Government

The first 8 questions were answered. Question 1 was withdrawn. Questions 7 and 8 were grouped together for answer.

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14.07
Item 2: Questions to the Minister for Heritage

The first 7 questions were answered.

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14.57
Item 3: Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on Swine Influenza

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15.14
Item 4: Questions to the Assembly Commission

Question 1 was withdrawn. Question 2 was answered.

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15.15
Motion to Suspend Standing Orders

NDM4223 Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

That the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Orders 35.6 and 35.8:

Suspends 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 5 to be considered in Plenary on Wednesday 20 May 2009.

The Motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

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15.16
Item 5: Motion to annul the Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009

NNDM4222 Peter Black (South Wales West)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 24.2:

Agrees that the Local Health Boards (Establishment and Dissolution) (Wales) Order 2009 laid before the Assembly on 25 March 2009 be annulled.

Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.  

A vote was taken on the motion

The motion was not agreed.

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15.28
Item 6: Motion to extend the term of office of the Auditor General for Wales

NDM4218 Jonathan Morgan (Cardiff North)

The National Assembly for Wales:

i) Notes the report of the Audit Committee, laid on 12 May 2009, and

ii) Acting under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Government of Wales Act 2006, nominates Jeremy Gye Colman, whose current term of office as Auditor General for Wales expires on the 31st March 2010, for further appointment by Her Majesty to that office for a term expiring on the 31st March 2013.

The Motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

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15.30
Item 7: Debate on the European and External Affairs Committee's Report on its Inquiry into Subsidiarity

NDM4217 Sandy Mewies (Delyn)

The National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the Report of the European and External Affairs Committee: Inquiry into Subsidiarity which was laid in the Table Office on Wednesday 18 March 2009.

Note: The response of the Welsh Assembly Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on Wednesday 13 May 2009.

The Motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

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16.13
Item 8: Debate on the Enterprise and Learning Committee's Report on the Apprenticeships, Children, Skills and Learning Bill

NDM4219 Gareth Jones (Aberconwy)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

Notes the Enterprise and Learning Committee's report on the  Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill which was laid in the Table Office on 27 March 2009.

Note: The response of the Deputy Minister for Skills was laid in the Table Office on 13 May 2009.

The Motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 7.35

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16.58
Item 9: Welsh Conservatives Debate

NDM4220 Alun Cairns (South Wales West)

The National Assembly for Wales:

Notes that greater financial discipline will be required in Welsh Assembly Government spending plans if front line services are to be protected and the prospects of a robust economic recovery enhanced.

The following amendments were tabled:

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.  

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

Amendment 1 - Carwyn Jones (Bridgend)

Replace "greater" with "continued".

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

Amendment 1 was agreed.

Amendment 2 - Carwyn Jones (Bridgend)

Delete all after "plans” and replace with "in order to continue to protect frontline services and enhance the prospects of a robust economic recovery".

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

Amendment 2 was agreed.

Amendment 3 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

Insert new point at end of motion:

"Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to conduct an urgent review of its spending for the next two years.”

A vote was taken on Amendment 3:

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

Amendment 4 - Peter Black (South Wales West)

Insert new point at end of motion:

"Calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to establish an all-party summit to assess budget priorities post-2011.”

A vote was taken on Amendment 4:

Amendment 4 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM4220 Alun Cairns (South Wales West)

The National Assembly for Wales:

Notes that continued financial discipline will be required in Welsh Assembly Government spending plans in order to continue to protect frontline services and enhance the prospects of a robust economic recovery.

The motion as amended was agreed.

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17.58
Voting Time

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18.00
Procedural Motion

In accordance with Standing Order 7.26, the Short Debate was postponed.

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Item 10: Short Debate - Postponed

NDM4221 Darren Millar (Clwyd West):

The Joy of Parenthood.

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The meeting concluded at 18.01.

The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 1.30pm on Tuesday 2 June 2009

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