Meeting Venue:
Y Siambr - Y Senedd
Meeting
date:
Wednesday, 15
February 2017
Meeting
time: 13.30
This meeting can be
viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4084
The item started at 13.30
The first 8 questions were asked. The Presiding Officer invited party spokespeople to ask questions to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.
The item started at 14.19
All 7 questions were answered.
The item started at 14.53
Huw Irranca-Davies made a statement on Men’s Sheds Cymru.
The item started at 14.54
The item started at 15.13
NDM6239 John Griffiths (Newport East):
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee on the Post legislative inquiry into the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Act (Wales) 2015, which was laid in the Table Office on 12 December 2016.
Note: The response of the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children to the report was laid in the Table Office on 8 February 2017.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order
12.36.
The item started at 16.15
NDM6204
Hannah Blythyn (Delyn)
Jeremy Miles (Neath)
Suzy Davies (South Wales West)
Adam Price (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes that February is LGBT History Month, an annual opportunity to promote diversity and equality across Wales.
2. Further notes the contribution that LGBT plus people have made to our communities and country.
3. Recognises the role played by Welsh LGBT icons and allies in Wales as illustrated in this month's LGBT icons and allies exhibition in the Senedd.
4. Welcomes the progress made in the past few decades on LGBT rights and acceptance.
5. Believes that vigilance is needed to ensure that LGBT plus rights are protected.
6. Takes the lead in continuing to progress equality and challenging discrimination and division, ensuring Wales is a welcoming nation for LGBT plus people.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
The item started at 17.19
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM6240
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the
importance of easily accessible financial advice and banking
services to individuals and businesses in all communities in
Wales.
2. Regrets the
closure of bank and building society branches in communities across
Wales.
3. Calls on the
Welsh Government to:
i) urgently
explore all options to meet the financial needs of individuals and
businesses in Wales; and
ii) examine the
legislative and regulatory steps necessary to establish alternative
models of banking service provision, including a Welsh
People’s Bank on the model of local savings banks.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
16 |
0 |
35 |
51 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following
amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1.
Jane
Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan):
Delete point 3 and replace with:
Welcomes the work
of the Welsh Government in promoting financial inclusion, including
support for advice services and credit unions, and the ambitions
set out in the 2016 Financial Inclusion Strategy for a well
functioning and comprehensive financial system in Wales.
Recognises the
need for the Welsh and UK Governments to work together with
partners to improve access to affordable credit and financial
services and information for individuals, including debt
advice.
Recognises the
need to improve financial capability in Wales and notes the work
being undertaken to establish the Development Bank of Wales and its
intelligence unit which will better target financial services and
advice for micro, small and medium sized businesses in
Wales."
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
29 |
4 |
18 |
51 |
Amendment 1 was
agreed.
[Amendment 1 was agreed, therefore amendment 2 was de-selected]
Amendment
3.
Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point
at end of Motion:
Welcomes the independent "Access to Banking Protocol One Year on Review" by Professor Russel Griggs OBE, published in November 2016.
A
vote was taken on Amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
37 |
10 |
4 |
51 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
Amendment
4.
Paul
Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire):
Add as new point
at end of Motion:
Welcomes the new Post Office Partnership agreement with UK Banks.
A vote was taken on Amendment 4:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
Amendment 4 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6240
Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Recognises the
importance of easily accessible financial advice and banking
services to individuals and businesses in all communities in
Wales.
2. Regrets the
closure of bank and building society branches in communities across
Wales.
3.
Welcomes the work
of the Welsh Government in promoting financial inclusion, including
support for advice services and credit unions, and the ambitions
set out in the 2016 Financial Inclusion Strategy for a well
functioning and comprehensive financial system in Wales.
Recognises the
need for the Welsh and UK Governments to work together with
partners to improve access to affordable credit and financial
services and information for individuals, including debt
advice.
Recognises the
need to improve financial capability in Wales and notes the work
being undertaken to establish the Development Bank of Wales and its
intelligence unit which will better target financial services and
advice for micro, small and medium sized businesses in
Wales."
4. Welcomes the independent "Access to Banking Protocol One Year on Review" by Professor Russel Griggs OBE, published in November 2016.
5.
Welcomes the new Post Office Partnership agreement with UK
Banks.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
51 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
The motion as amended was agreed.
To the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure:
David Rees (Aberavon): Following today's announcement on the steel ballot by the Tata workforce, will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on what discussions he has had to ensure the commitment to the investment in steel making at Port Talbot is secured?
The item started at 18.16
The item started at 18.42
The item started at 18.45
NDM6238 Caroline Jones (South Wales West)
Tackling loneliness and isolation in Wales, a partnership approach.
The meeting concluded at 19.04
The Assembly will sit again in Plenary at 13.30, Tuesday, 28 February 2017