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NDM8561 Plaid Cymru Debate - Cap on political donations
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Meeting: 01/05/2024 - Plenary (Item 8)
Plaid Cymru Debate - Cap on political donations
NDM8561 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes a donation of £200,000 made to the
First Minister during the Welsh Labour leadership election, and its declaration
on the Member’s Register of Interests.
2. Believes that this donation does not meet
with public approval.
3. Agrees that there should be an annual maximum
cap on the political donations that any individual Member of the Senedd can
receive from any individual or entity.
4. Calls on the Business Committee and the
Standards of Conduct Committee to bring forward proposals for changes to the
Senedd’s Standing Orders and the Members’ Code of Conduct that would put the
cap into effect.
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Members of the Senedd have a
responsibility to declare interests on the Members’ Register of Interests and
to identify such declarations where relevant in written and oral contributions
to Senedd Business.
2. Notes that members are also required to
check that donations of £500 or more are from permissible donors and report
full details of those over £2230 to the Electoral Commission.
3. Recognises that political parties, and
their constituent governing bodies, are responsible for setting and monitoring
compliance with rules which go beyond existing legal requirements.
4. Calls on the Standards of Conduct Committee to continue to ensure that the highest standards of conduct are observed by all Members.
Minutes:
The
item started at 17.04
Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred
until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM8561 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes a donation of £200,000 made to the First Minister during
the Welsh Labour leadership election, and its declaration on the Member’s
Register of Interests.
2. Believes that this donation does not meet with public approval.
3. Agrees that there should be an annual maximum cap on the
political donations that any individual Member of the Senedd can receive from
any individual or entity.
4. Calls on the Business Committee and the Standards of Conduct
Committee to bring forward proposals for changes to the Senedd’s Standing
Orders and the Members’ Code of Conduct that would put the cap into effect.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
11 |
14 |
27 |
52 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete
all and replace with:
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Notes that Members of the Senedd have a responsibility to declare interests on
the Members’ Register of Interests and to identify such declarations where
relevant in written and oral contributions to Senedd Business.
2.
Notes that members are also required to check that donations of £500 or more
are from permissible donors and report full details of those over £2230 to the
Electoral Commission.
3.
Recognises that political parties, and their constituent governing bodies, are
responsible for setting and monitoring compliance with rules which go beyond
existing legal requirements.
4.
Calls on the Standards of Conduct Committee to continue to ensure that the
highest standards of conduct are observed by all Members.
A vote
was taken on amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
24 |
1 |
52 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM8561 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that Members of the Senedd have a
responsibility to declare interests on the Members’ Register of Interests and
to identify such declarations where relevant in written and oral contributions
to Senedd Business.
2. Notes that members are also required to
check that donations of £500 or more are from permissible donors and report
full details of those over £2230 to the Electoral Commission.
3. Recognises that political parties, and
their constituent governing bodies, are responsible for setting and monitoring
compliance with rules which go beyond existing legal requirements.
4. Calls on the
Standards of Conduct Committee to continue to ensure that the highest standards
of conduct are observed by all Members.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
27 |
25 |
0 |
52 |
The motion as amended was agreed.