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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House Decision: The
item started at 13.30 The
first 12 questions were asked. Questions 3 and 11 were grouped together for
answer. Questions 13 - 15 were not asked. |
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(45 mins) |
Questions to the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science Decision: The item started at 14.17 The first 14 questions were asked. Question 2
and 3 were grouped together for answer. Question 15 was withdrawn. |
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(60 mins) |
Welsh Conservatives Debate NDM5131 William Graham
(South Wales East) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Regrets the decision by the Welsh Government to nationalise Cardiff Airport;
and 2.
Calls on the Welsh Government to provide evidence that the purchase of Cardiff
Airport will be value for money and beneficial for Welsh taxpayers. The following amendments
have been tabled: Amendment 1 - Aled
Roberts (North Wales) Insert
as new point 2 and re-number accordingly: Notes
that the purchase of an airport is not a priority as laid out in the Programme
for Government and further notes that it is not a priority in the National
Transport Plan. The
Programme for Government is available on the following link: http://wales.gov.uk/about/programmeforgov/?lang=en The
National Transport Plan is available on the following link: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/transport/publications/ntp/?lang=en Amendment 2 - Aled
Roberts (North Wales) Add
as new point at end of motion: Calls
on the Welsh Government to publish a clear set of measurable objectives for the
purchase of Cardiff Airport and present a credible development programme for
ensuring a successful business there. Decision: The
item started at 15.00 Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was
deferred until Voting Time. A vote was taken on the motion without amendment: NDM5131 William Graham
(South Wales East) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: 1.
Regrets the decision by the Welsh Government to nationalise Cardiff Airport;
and 2.
Calls on the Welsh Government to provide evidence that the purchase of Cardiff
Airport will be value for money and beneficial for Welsh taxpayers.
The
motion without amendment was not agreed. The following amendments were tabled: Amendment 1 - Aled
Roberts (North Wales) Insert
as new point 2 and re-number accordingly: Notes
that the purchase of an airport is not a priority as laid out in the Programme
for Government and further notes that it is not a priority in the National
Transport Plan. A
vote was taken on Amendment 1:
Amendment
1 was not agreed. Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add
as new point at end of motion: Calls
on the Welsh Government to publish a clear set of measurable objectives for the
purchase of Cardiff Airport and present a credible development programme for
ensuring a successful business there. A
vote was taken on Amendment 2:
Amendment
2 was not agreed. As the Motion without amendment
was not agreed, and the amendments tabled to the Motion were not agreed, the
Motion was therefore not agreed. |
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(60 mins) |
Plaid Cymru Debate NDM5129 Jocelyn Davies
(South Wales East) To
propose that the National Assembly: 1.
Celebrates that the Welsh language is an integral and essential part of the
culture and heritage of Wales and welcomes that the number of Welsh speakers in
several non-traditional areas has increased; 2.
Regrets deeply the decline in the number and
percentage of Welsh speakers noted in the 2011 Census; 3.
Notes that action must urgently be taken to redress the decline and secure the
future of Wales as a bilingual nation; 4.
Regrets the decision by the UK Government to cut further the budget for S4C in
the next two years at a time when everyone should be prioritising support for
the language; and 5.
Calls on the Welsh Government, in support of the six strategic areas for action
set out in ‘A living language: a language for living’, to prioritise the
following: a)
promoting and supporting enterpreneurship
by Welsh speakers, particularly in those areas where the language is still
widely spoken; b)
investing in infrastructure, particularly broadband,
in support of Welsh speaking creative industries and communities; c)
placing the proposed Welsh language standards on a
legal basis; d)
encouraging the growth and use of Welsh within the
workplace, beginning with public authorities and working with the private
sector; e)
ensuring better outcomes for the teaching of Welsh as
a second language to both adults and children; f)
planning and promoting the case for the devolution of
broadcasting and the internal devolution of broadcasting jobs; g)
reforming the planning system to enable local authorities to place a cap on
the number of second homes in specified localities; and h)
investigating how procurement policies can support
both the use of Welsh by the workforce and by the local community and encourage
the take-up of such policies. ‘A
living language: a language for living’ can be found at: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/welshlanguage/publications/wlstrategy2012/?lang=en# The
2011 census results can be found at: The following amendments
have been tabled: Amendment 1 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Insert
a new point after point 3 and re-number accordingly: Regrets
that the Welsh Government has not published a new Technical Advice Note (TAN)
20 even though the consultation on the new technical advice note was completed
in June 2011. The
consultation on the draft Technical Advice Note 20 can be found at: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/planning/tan20consultation/?status=closed&lang=en Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Insert
new point after point 3 and re-number accordingly: Congratulates
the Welsh Language Commissioner on the thorough and comprehensive consultation
that she undertook on the proposed Welsh standards and supports the standards
announced by her in November 2012. The
standards published by the Welsh Language Commissioner can be found at: Amendment 3 - William
Graham (South Wales East) Delete
point 4 and replace with: Acknowledges
the importance of an efficient and modern S4C and welcomes the UK Government’s
continued support for the broadcaster at a time when difficult spending
decisions have to be made. Amendment 4 - William
Graham (South Wales East) Delete
point 5 and replace with: Calls
on the Welsh Government to demonstrate the action it is taking in support of
the six strategic areas for action set out in “A Living Language: A Language
for Living” and, in particular to: (a)
promote and support entrepreneurship by Welsh
speakers; (b)
encourage the growth and use of Welsh within the
workplace and promote the use of a Welsh Charter Mark to recognise high quality
Welsh-medium services; (c)
promote the economic benefits of bilingual skills in
areas of economic deprivation; (d)
investigate how procurement policies can support the
use of Welsh; (e)
consider the merits of placing the proposed Welsh
Language standards, when agreed, on a statutory basis; (f)
invest in infrastructure, particularly broadband, in
support of the use of Welsh in creative industries and daily life in
communities; (g)
examine why more young people do not consider themselves able to speak Welsh
after over a decade of compulsory teaching of Welsh in schools, and to ensure
better outcomes for the teaching of Welsh as a second language; (h)
report on the level of regard each local authority
gives to the growth and sustainability of the use of the Welsh language when
making planning decisions for its area; (i)
examine which areas
of the broadcasting industry in Wales could be accountable to both the
Welsh and UK governments and then pursue
the case for sharing responsibility [If amendment 4 is
agreed, amendments 5 and 6 will be de-selected] Amendment 5 - Jane Hutt
(Vale of Glamorgan) Delete
point 5 and replace with: 5.
Notes the Welsh Government's vision of seeing the Welsh language thrive and the
six areas of action set out in its Welsh Language Strategy 2012-17, A living language: a language for living, which are: a)
to encourage and support the use of the Welsh language
within families; b)
to increase the provision of Welsh-medium activities
for children and young people and to increase their awareness of the value of
the language; c)
to strengthen the position of the Welsh language in
the community; d)
to increase opportunities for people to use Welsh in
the workplace; e)
to improve Welsh language services to citizens; and f)
to strengthen the infrastructure for the language,
including digital technology. [If amendment 4 or 5 is
agreed, amendment 6 will be de-selected] Amendment 6 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Insert
at the end of point 5 g): ‘and place independent language assessment on a statutory
basis through primary legislation.’ Amendment 7 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add
a new point at the end of the motion: Calls
on Welsh Ministers to act on their commitment to mainstream the Welsh language
across all of the Welsh Government’s activities by: (a)
requiring an independent body to conduct a comprehensive review of all
Government expenditure and to assess the relationship between the expenditure
and the Welsh language – that is to measure the language impact of the
expenditure – and, from then on, to assess the language impact of the Welsh
Government’s annual budget every year; (b)
including the welfare of the Welsh language as part of
the statutory definition of sustainable development in the proposed Sustainable
Development Bill; and (c)
establishing a Welsh medium labour market that will
include monitoring the need for a Welsh-medium workforce in sectors and
locations throughout Wales and planning to meet the demand for a workforce that
has Welsh-language skills, including an ambitious Welsh in the workplace
training scheme. Decision: The
item started at 16.03 Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was
deferred until Voting Time. A vote was taken on the motion without amendment: NDM5129 Jocelyn Davies
(South Wales East) To
propose that the National Assembly: 1.
Celebrates that the Welsh language is an integral and essential part of the
culture and heritage of Wales and welcomes that the number of Welsh speakers in
several non-traditional areas has increased; 2.
Regrets deeply the decline in the number and percentage
of Welsh speakers noted in the 2011 Census; 3.
Notes that action must urgently be taken to redress the decline and secure the
future of Wales as a bilingual nation; 4.
Regrets the decision by the UK Government to cut further the budget
for S4C in the next two years at a time when everyone should be prioritising
support for the language; and 5.
Calls on the Welsh Government, in support of the six strategic areas for action
set out in ‘A living language: a language for living’, to prioritise the following: a)
promoting and supporting enterpreneurship
by Welsh speakers, particularly in those areas where the language is still
widely spoken; b)
investing in infrastructure, particularly broadband,
in support of Welsh speaking creative industries and communities; c)
placing the proposed Welsh language standards on a
legal basis; d)
encouraging the growth and use of Welsh within the
workplace, beginning with public authorities and working with the private
sector; e)
ensuring better outcomes for the teaching of Welsh as
a second language to both adults and children; f)
planning and promoting the case for the devolution of
broadcasting and the internal devolution of broadcasting jobs; g)
reforming the planning system to enable local authorities to place a cap on
the number of second homes in specified localities; and h)
investigating how procurement policies can support
both the use of Welsh by the workforce and by the local community and encourage
the take-up of such policies.
The
motion without amendment was not agreed. The following amendments were tabled: Amendment 1 - Aled
Roberts (North Wales) Insert
a new point after point 3 and re-number accordingly: Regrets
that the Welsh Government has not published a new Technical Advice Note (TAN)
20 even though the consultation on the new technical advice note was completed
in June 2011. A
vote was taken on Amendment 1:
Amendment
1 was not agreed. Amendment 2 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Insert
new point after point 3 and re-number accordingly: Congratulates
the Welsh Language Commissioner on the thorough and comprehensive consultation
that she undertook on the proposed Welsh standards and supports the standards
announced by her in November 2012. A
vote was taken on Amendment 2:
Amendment
2 was not agreed. Amendment 3 - William
Graham (South Wales East) Delete
point 4 and replace with: Acknowledges
the importance of an efficient and modern S4C and welcomes the UK Government’s
continued support for the broadcaster at a time when difficult spending
decisions have to be made. A
vote was taken on Amendment 3:
Amendment
3 was not agreed. Amendment 4 - William
Graham (South Wales East) Delete
point 5 and replace with: Calls
on the Welsh Government to demonstrate the action it is taking in support of the
six strategic areas for action set out in “A Living Language: A Language for
Living” and, in particular to: (a)
promote and support entrepreneurship by Welsh
speakers; (b)
encourage the growth and use of Welsh within the
workplace and promote the use of a Welsh Charter Mark to recognise high quality
Welsh-medium services; (c)
promote the economic benefits of bilingual skills in
areas of economic deprivation; (d)
investigate how procurement policies can support the
use of Welsh; (e)
consider the merits of placing the proposed Welsh
Language standards, when agreed, on a statutory basis; (f)
invest in infrastructure, particularly broadband, in
support of the use of Welsh in creative industries and daily life in
communities; (g)
examine why more young people do not consider themselves able to speak Welsh
after over a decade of compulsory teaching of Welsh in schools, and to ensure
better outcomes for the teaching of Welsh as a second language; (h)
report on the level of regard each local authority
gives to the growth and sustainability of the use of the Welsh language when
making planning decisions for its area; (i)
examine which areas
of the broadcasting industry in Wales could be accountable to both the
Welsh and UK governments and then pursue
the case for sharing responsibility A
vote was taken on Amendment 4:
Amendment
4 was not agreed. Amendment 5 - Jane Hutt
(Vale of Glamorgan) Delete
point 5 and replace with: 5.
Notes the Welsh Government's vision of seeing the Welsh language thrive and the
six areas of action set out in its Welsh Language Strategy 2012-17, A living language: a language for living, which are: a)
to encourage and support the use of the Welsh language
within families; b)
to increase the provision of Welsh-medium activities
for children and young people and to increase their awareness of the value of
the language; c)
to strengthen the position of the Welsh language in
the community; d)
to increase opportunities for people to use Welsh in
the workplace; e)
to improve Welsh language services to citizens; and f)
to strengthen the infrastructure for the language,
including digital technology. A
vote was taken on Amendment 5:
Amendment
5 was agreed. As
Amendment 5 was agreed, Amendment 6 was de-selected. Amendment 7 - Aled Roberts (North Wales) Add
a new point at the end of the motion: Calls
on Welsh Ministers to act on their commitment to mainstream the Welsh language
across all of the Welsh Government’s activities by: (a)
requiring an independent body to conduct a comprehensive review of all
Government expenditure and to assess the relationship between the expenditure
and the Welsh language – that is to measure the language impact of the
expenditure – and, from then on, to assess the language impact of the Welsh
Government’s annual budget every year; (b)
including the welfare of the Welsh language as part of
the statutory definition of sustainable development in the proposed Sustainable
Development Bill; and (c)
establishing a Welsh medium labour market that will
include monitoring the need for a Welsh-medium workforce in sectors and locations
throughout Wales and planning to meet the demand for a workforce that has
Welsh-language skills, including an ambitious Welsh in the workplace training
scheme. A
vote was taken on Amendment 7:
Amendment
7 was not agreed. A vote was taken on the motion as amended: NDM5129 Jocelyn Davies
(South Wales East) To
propose that the National Assembly: 1.
Celebrates that the Welsh language is an integral and essential part of the culture
and heritage of Wales and welcomes that the number of Welsh speakers in several
non-traditional areas has increased; 2.
Regrets deeply the decline in the number and
percentage of Welsh speakers noted in the 2011 Census; 3.
Notes that action must urgently be taken to redress the decline and secure the
future of Wales as a bilingual nation; 4.
Regrets the decision by the UK Government to cut further the budget for S4C in
the next two years at a time when everyone should be prioritising support for the
language; and 5.
Notes the Welsh Government's vision of seeing the Welsh language thrive and the
six areas of action set out in its Welsh Language Strategy 2012-17, A living language: a language for living, which are: a)
to encourage and support the use of the Welsh language
within families; b)
to increase the provision of Welsh-medium activities
for children and young people and to increase their awareness of the value of
the language; c)
to strengthen the position of the Welsh language in
the community; d)
to increase opportunities for people to use Welsh in
the workplace; e)
to improve Welsh language services to citizens; and f)
to strengthen the infrastructure for the language,
including digital technology.
The
motion as amended was agreed. |
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(60 mins) |
Welsh Liberal Democrats Debate NDM5130 Aled Roberts (North Wales) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Supports
the electrification of the North Wales Coast Line. The following amendment
has been tabled: Amendment 1 - William
Graham (South Wales East) Insert
at the end of motion: ‘and calls on the Welsh Government to work with the Secretary
of State for Wales with a view to achieving that end.’ Decision: The
item started at 16.55 NDM5130 Aled Roberts (North Wales) To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales: Supports
the electrification of the North Wales Coast Line. The motion was agreed in
accordance with Standing Order 12.36. |
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Voting Time The
item started at 17.39 The
meeting was adjourned and reconvened at 17.41 for voting time. |
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(30 mins) |
Short Debate NDM5128 Mohammad Asghar (South Wales East): ‘How
to take Welsh Business International’ The
need for a Wales Enterprise Council. Decision: The
item started at 17.47 NDM5128 Mohammad Asghar (South Wales East): ‘How to take Welsh Business International’ The need for a Wales Enterprise Council. |
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