Decision details
Plaid Cymru Debate
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
Debates are one of the
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agenda. Many types of debate are brought forward in Plenary, including:
- Opposition party debates on a topic of
their choice;
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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