Decision details

Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv)

Decision Maker: Business Committee - Fourth Assembly, Plenary - Fourth Assembly

Status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Purpose:

Standing Order 11.21:

Time must be made available in each Assembly year for debates on the following items of business:

 

(iv) motions proposed by any Member who is not a member of the government

Decision:

The item started at 14.56

 

Voting on the motion and amendment under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM5423 Bethan Jenkins (South Wales West)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes:

a) the adverse impact upon over 700 former Visteon workers living in Swansea and surrounding areas caused by the loss of their pensions;

 

b) the knock-on effect to the economy of Swansea and surrounding areas caused by the loss of those Visteon pensions;

 

c) that this year, on April the 2nd, marks the fifth anniversary of the closure of Visteon as a company and that a mass demonstration is being organised at Westminster; and

 

d) that this year is an important year for the campaign, given that the court case that Unite the Union are taking against Ford will take place at the end of 2014 at the High Court in London.

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to hold an inquiry into the impact of the loss of pensions to both the Visteon workers and the economy of the area in which they live.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

23

14

4

41

The motion without amendment was agreed.

 

Publication date: 12/02/2014

Date of decision: 12/02/2014

Decided at meeting: 12/02/2014 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly