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NDM8524 Plaid Cymru Debate - Barnett formula
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Meeting: 20/03/2024 - Plenary (Item 7)
Plaid Cymru Debate - Barnett formula
NDM8524 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises the cross-party consensus in
the Senedd around the need to reform the Welsh funding model.
2. Calls on the UK Government to bring the
unfair Barnett formula to an end and to fund Wales according to need and not
based on population.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new points after point 1, and renumber
accordingly:
Notes the current funding model which sees Wales
receive £1.20 for every £1 spent on health and education in England, with only
£1.05 reaching the Welsh NHS and classrooms.
Notes the nearly £1 billion in additional
investment in Wales from the UK Government through the Shared Prosperity Fund
and levelling-up funding.
Amendment 2 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 2 and replace with:
Calls on the UK Government to replace the outdated Barnett formula with a new relative needs-based system agreed by all four nations, within a new fiscal agreement overseen and operated by a body independent of the UK Government.
Minutes:
The item started at 17.32
Voting
on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote
was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM8524 Heledd Fychan (South
Wales Central)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Recognises the cross-party consensus in the Senedd around the need to reform
the Welsh funding model.
2.
Calls on the UK Government to bring the unfair Barnett formula to an end and to
fund Wales according to need and not based on population.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
11 |
0 |
39 |
50 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new points after point 1, and
renumber accordingly:
Notes the current funding model which sees
Wales receive £1.20 for every £1 spent on health and education in England, with
only £1.05 reaching the Welsh NHS and classrooms.
Notes the nearly £1 billion in additional
investment in Wales from the UK Government through the Shared Prosperity Fund
and levelling-up funding.
A vote was held on amendment 1, the result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
13 |
0 |
37 |
50 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment 2 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
Delete point 2 and replace with:
Calls on the UK
Government to replace the outdated Barnett formula with a new relative
needs-based system agreed by all four nations, within a new fiscal agreement
overseen and operated by a body independent of the UK Government.
A vote was held on amendment 2, the result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
26 |
11 |
13 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
A vote was held on the motion as amended:
NDM8524 Heledd Fychan (South
Wales Central)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Recognises the cross-party consensus in the Senedd around the need to reform
the Welsh funding model.
2. Calls on the UK Government to replace the
outdated Barnett formula with a new relative needs-based system agreed by all
four nations, within a new fiscal agreement overseen and operated by a body
independent of the UK Government.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
37 |
0 |
13 |
50 |
The motion as amended was agreed.