LCM on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Jeremy Miles (Welsh Labour) proposed that the Senedd agree the UK Parliament should consider parts of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill that fall within the Senedd's powers. This is called a legislative consent motion. The Senedd rejected it, so consent was not given.
Whether the Senedd should agree that the UK Parliament can consider the parts of this Bill that fall within the Senedd's powers, as the motion was written.
Rejected
For 14Against 38
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Control of tobacco and nicotine products
Mabon ap Gwynfor (Plaid Cymru), backed by members from several parties, asked the Welsh Government to fully bring in parts of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. These include a retail register for tobacco and nicotine products. The Senedd agreed the motion.
The vote on the motion as written, with no amendments, asking the Government to implement the retail register and related measures on tobacco and nicotine products.
Agreed
For 29Against 4Abstain 20
Welsh Conservatives Debate - GP practices and funding
The Welsh Conservatives (Darren Millar) asked the Welsh Government to act on GP practice closures and raise GP funding. Labour (Jane Hutt) proposed replacing the motion with wording welcoming current progress. The Senedd rejected the original motion, agreed the Labour amendment, and then agreed the motion as amended.
The Welsh Conservatives' original motion, which regrets GP practice closures and low funding, and calls on the Welsh Government to act, with no changes.
Labour's Amendment 1 from Jane Hutt, which replaces the whole motion with wording welcoming progress and saying GP numbers are stable and funding has risen.
This was a committee debate on the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill. Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) proposed that councils publish fuller lists of community councils, including members, parties and contact details. The committee rejected amendment 123, so the Bill is unchanged on this point.
Whether to agree amendment 123, which would replace the duty to publish a list of community councils with a duty to publish members, parties and contact details too.
How these votes work: the Senedd first votes on the motion as written. If that fails, it votes on each amendment in turn, then on the motion with any agreed changes.
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Agenda item: Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice: Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the Welsh Government's Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Criminal Justice Bill
Agenda item: Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding the Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Criminal Justice Bill
The final vote on the motion as changed by Labour's amendment, which recognises the importance of general practice and welcomes progress on the Primary Care Model for Wales.
Agenda item: Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding the Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Criminal Justice Bill