Amendment 34
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Janet Finch-Saunders (Welsh Conservatives) proposed an amendment to a bill on infrastructure consent. It would require Welsh Ministers to tell everyone who took part in an application of the final decision. Julie James (Welsh Labour) opposed it as unworkable. The Senedd rejected the amendment.
Whether to agree Amendment 16, which would require Welsh Ministers to notify everyone who took part in an application of the final decision.
The Senedd debated the final report of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales. Welsh Labour's motion asked the Senedd to endorse its conclusions and recommendations and note the Welsh Government's response. The Welsh Conservatives wanted 'endorses' changed to 'notes'. That was rejected, and the Senedd agreed the original motion.
Vote on Darren Millar's amendment (Welsh Conservatives), to replace 'endorses' with 'notes', so the Senedd would only take note of the report.
Vote on Lesley Griffiths' motion as written, to endorse the Commission's conclusions and recommendations and note the Welsh Government's response.
Mick Antoniw (Welsh Labour) proposed that the UK Parliament should consider parts of the Trade (CPTPP) Bill that fall within the Senedd's powers. These cover public procurement (how public bodies buy goods and services) and protected food names. The Senedd agreed to the motion.
Whether the Senedd agrees that the UK Parliament should consider the Bill's clauses on public procurement and protected food names, as far as they touch on the Senedd's powers.
Mick Antoniw (Welsh Labour) proposed that the Senedd agree the UK Parliament should consider clause 2 of the Trade (CPTPP) Bill, on conformity assessment bodies, where it touches matters the Senedd decides. The Senedd rejected the motion, so consent was not given.
Whether the Senedd should agree that the UK Parliament can legislate on clause 2 of the Trade (CPTPP) Bill, in areas within the Senedd's powers.
Heledd Fychan (Plaid Cymru) brought a motion on Wales's national collections, backed by members of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the Welsh Conservatives. It asks the Welsh Government to commission an expert panel, work with staff unions, and keep free entry to national museums. The Senedd agreed the motion.
Whether to agree the motion as written, which calls for protection of the national collections, an expert panel, work with unions, and free entry to national museums.
Plaid Cymru's Heledd Fychan asked the Senedd to back reform of Wales's funding and to call on the UK Government to end the Barnett formula (the way Wales's block grant is set). Welsh Labour changed the call to a needs-based system run by an independent body. The Senedd agreed the motion as amended.
Plaid Cymru's original motion, as written, calling for reform of Wales's funding and an end to the Barnett formula in favour of funding based on need.
Conservative amendment 1, which added notes on the £1.20 per £1 funding level and nearly £1 billion of UK Government investment through the Shared Prosperity Fund and levelling-up funding.
Labour's amendment 2, which replaced the call to end Barnett with a call for a needs-based system agreed by all four nations and overseen by an independent body.
The final vote on the motion with Labour's amendment included, calling for a needs-based funding system agreed by all four nations and overseen by an independent body.