Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) – Public transport in rural areas
Members from several parties asked the Welsh Government to fund rural buses long term, give rural councils a fair share of investment, and reflect rural needs in the National Bus Strategy. Labour and Independent members proposed adding a call to re-regulate buses. The Senedd rejected the vote, so nothing was agreed.
The only vote held on the rural public transport motion, which asks the Welsh Government to fund and prioritise rural bus and other public transport services.
Rejected
For 16Against 24Abstain 13
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) -
A cross-party group of Members, led by James Evans, asked the Welsh Government to fund rural bus services long term, share investment fairly and back zero-emission buses. Alun Davies and others added a call to re-regulate buses by law. The Senedd agreed that amendment.
Amendment 1, from Labour's Alun Davies and others, asked to add a call for the Welsh Government to bring in a law to re-regulate bus services, citing damage from 1980s privatisation.
Agreed
For 26Against 14Abstain 13
Member debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) -
This was a members' debate on rural bus services, brought by a cross-party group including James Evans (Reform UK). The motion asked the Welsh Government to fund rural buses long term, give rural councils a fair share, and back zero-emissions vehicles. Alun Davies (Labour) added a call to re-regulate buses. The Senedd agreed the motion as amended.
Vote on the motion with Alun Davies's amendment added, which also calls for new laws to bring bus services back under public control.
Agreed
For 28Against 12Abstain 13
Welsh Conservatives debate – The impact of Covid on education, tabled in the name of Darren Millar
The Welsh Conservatives, led by Darren Millar, asked the Senedd to regret the harm Covid restrictions did to learners. They called for schools to stay open, face coverings to end and school funding to rise. Labour and Plaid Cymru tabled amendments. The Senedd rejected the motion, and no amendments or other votes are recorded.
The vote on the Welsh Conservative motion as written, which regrets the impact of Covid restrictions on learners and asks the Welsh Government to keep schools open, end face coverings, improve ventilation and raise school funding.
Rejected
For 14Against 39
Welsh Conservatives debate
The Welsh Conservatives asked the Senedd to regret the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on pupils and to call for schools to stay open, face coverings to end and school funding to rise. Welsh Labour replaced the motion with its own wording. The Senedd agreed Labour's version.
Whether to accept Lesley Griffiths' (Welsh Labour) amendment replacing the whole motion with text that regrets the impact on learning, backs decisions based on data and welcomes new school funding.
The final vote on the motion as changed by Amendment 1, which now contained Labour's wording instead of the Conservatives' original text.
Agreed
For 28Against 14Abstain 11
Plaid Cymru debate - The UK government's Elections Bill, tabled in the name of Sian Gwenllian
Plaid Cymru's Siân Gwenllian asked the Senedd to condemn the UK Government's Elections Bill, including its photo ID rule for voting, and to back the #HandsOffOurVote campaign. The Welsh Conservatives' Darren Millar proposed welcoming the Bill instead. The Senedd agreed the Plaid Cymru motion as written.
Whether to agree Plaid Cymru's motion as written, which condemns the Elections Bill and asks the Welsh Government to oppose it. The Conservative amendment was not put to a vote.
Agreed
For 39Against 14
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