Decision details
Welsh Liberal Democrats Debate
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
Debates are one of the
most frequent items of business on the Plenary
agenda. Many types of debate are brought forward in Plenary, including:
- Opposition party debates on a topic of their choice;
Other than in the case of Government debates, the time allocated for all other types of debates and their frequency are determined by the Business Committee
Decision:
The item started at 16.51
Voting on the motion and amendments
under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was taken on the motion without
amendment:
NDM5417
Aled Roberts (North Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the findings of the School Food Plan that free
school meals for all children in primary schools would lead to positive
improvements in health, educational attainment and social cohesion and help
families with the cost of living.
2. Notes that in Wales only 21% of infants currently receive
a free school meal and only around 24% of primary age pupils in 2012-13 took a
free school breakfast.
3. Notes that Wales will receive over £62m of Barnett
consequential revenue funding for 2014-16 and over £4m of capital funding in
2014-15 following the announcement by the UK Government on free school meals
for all infant age pupils in England.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to use the Barnett
consequential to introduce universal free school meals for infants in Wales, so
that all infants can receive a hot, healthy school lunch to boost pupil health,
education and well-being.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
5 |
0 |
49 |
54 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
In point 1, delete all after ‘School Food Plan’ and replace
with ‘that well-nourished children fare better at school’.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
10 |
0 |
44 |
54 |
Amendment 1 was not agreed.
Amendment
2 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
In point 4, delete all after ‘Barnett consequential’ and
replace with ‘in the most effective and proven way to improve standards and well-being
and to publish a programme of its intentions for all school meals provision’.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
10 |
0 |
44 |
54 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
As the Assembly has not agreed the motion without amendment,
and has not agreed the amendments tabled to the motion, the motion is therefore
not agreed.
Publication date: 29/01/2014
Date of decision: 29/01/2014
Decided at meeting: 29/01/2014 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly