Decision details

Plaid Cymru 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 17.06

 

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

 

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

 

NDM5671 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

 

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales

 

1. Notes:

 

a) the importance of the farming industry to the economy, environment and communities of Wales;

 

b) the crisis in the dairy industry that has stemmed from a reduction in the milk prices that are paid to farmers and instability in the dairy chain;

 

c) the uncertainty regarding the basic payments that has resulted from repealing the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment Scheme (Provisional Payment Region Classification) (Wales) Regulations 2014 following a judicial challenge;

 

d) the vote in the European Parliament to give member states the power to authorise GM crops to member states, and the fact that the Welsh Government will be responsible for taking the decision in Wales.

 

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

 

a) work with the dairy chain and the UK Government to take specific action to ensure the viable sustainability of milk producers;

 

b) ensure that there are sufficient resources and an achievable timescale to ensure that the basic payment is paid on 1 December 2015; and

 

c) calls on the Welsh Government to restate its intention to keep Wales GM-free.

For

Abstain

Against

Total

33

0

17

50

The motion without amendment was agreed.

Publication date: 21/01/2015

Date of decision: 21/01/2015

Decided at meeting: 21/01/2015 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly