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NDM8875 Plaid Cymru Debate - Child payments
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Meeting: 02/04/2025 - Plenary (Item 8)
Plaid Cymru Debate - Child payments
NDM8875 Heledd
Fychan (South Wales Central)
To
propose that the Senedd:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to implement a child payment.
The
following amendment was tabled:
Amendment
1 Jane Hutt
(Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete
all and replace with:
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Supports the range of actions the Welsh Government is taking to address the
purpose of a child payment such as the additional investments being made
through the Welsh Government’s final budget for 2025-26, including an extra £30
million for childcare and additional £1.4 million for the work to ensure people
in Wales are claiming every pound they are entitled to.
2.
Notes the commitment as part of the Welsh Government’s final budget for 2024-25
to engage with the Scottish Government to better understand the Scottish Child
Payment and how it operates.
Minutes:
The item started at 18.06
Voting on the motion and
amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion
without amendment:
NDM8875 Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
Calls on the Welsh Government to
implement a child payment.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
13 |
0 |
39 |
52 |
The motion without amendment was
not agreed.
The following amendment was
tabled:
Amendment 1 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all and replace with:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Supports the
range of actions the Welsh Government is taking to address the purpose of a
child payment such as the additional investments being made through the Welsh
Government’s final budget for 2025-26, including an extra £30 million for
childcare and additional £1.4 million for the work to ensure people in Wales
are claiming every pound they are entitled to.
2. Notes the
commitment as part of the Welsh Government’s final budget for 2024-25 to engage
with the Scottish Government to better understand the Scottish Child Payment
and how it operates.
A vote was taken on amendment
1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
26 |
0 |
27 |
53 |
As required by Standing Order
6.20 the Presiding Officer exercised her casting vote by voting against the
amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.
As the Senedd did not agree the
motion without amendment, and did not agree the amendment tabled to the motion,
the motion was therefore not agreed.