Stage 4 of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
Mick Antoniw (Welsh Labour) asked the Senedd to approve the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill at its final stage. He said it brings automatic voter registration, an electoral management board and a digital electoral register. The Senedd agreed the motion, so the Bill was approved.
The Senedd voted on Amendment 1 on 9 July 2024. The wording of the amendment and the motion is not available here, so what it asked for cannot be set out. The Senedd rejected the amendment.
This was a group of amendments on the council tax single person discount. Peter Fox (Welsh Conservatives) moved amendment 14 as a probing amendment, asking the Cabinet Secretary to commit to keeping the discount at 25 per cent or more, with no new conditions. The Senedd rejected it.
Vote on amendment 14, from Peter Fox (Welsh Conservatives), on keeping the single person council tax discount at a minimum of 25 per cent with no new eligibility conditions.
This was a Stage 3 amendment to a Bill on council tax. Peter Fox (Welsh Conservatives) proposed removing section 20, so council tax change notices would still be printed in newspapers. He said not everyone can access online notices. The Senedd agreed the amendment.
Whether to agree amendment 19, which removes section 20 of the Bill so council tax change notices still have to be published in newspapers.
Agreed
For 24Against 2Abstain 23
Amendment 2
Plaid Cymru's Peredur Owen Griffiths backed Amendment 2, which would require Welsh Ministers to carry out council tax reform by 1 April 2025. Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Evans (Welsh Labour) said it was too vague to work as law and that 2025 was no longer feasible. The Senedd rejected it.
Plaid Cymru's Heledd Fychan asked the Senedd to call on the new UK Government to add £700 million to the Welsh budget and to devolve the Crown Estate, policing and justice, and structural funding decisions. Labour's Jane Hutt replaced this with a motion welcoming the election result and Labour's manifesto. The Senedd agreed the Labour version.
Jane Hutt's (Welsh Labour) amendment to replace the whole motion with wording welcoming the election result and Labour's manifesto commitments on devolution.
Agreed
For 27Against 26
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