Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour jointly tabled a motion asking the Welsh and UK Governments to work together on more fiscal flexibility, including freeing up the Wales Reserve, a review of the Barnett Formula, and support for £14 billion of rail investment. The Senedd agreed the motion.
Whether to agree the motion as written, asking both Governments to widen Welsh fiscal powers, review the Barnett Formula and back £14 billion for rail.
Tom Montgomery (Reform UK), backed by Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Plaid Cymru Members, asked the Senedd to regret that Wales has had no Family Drug and Alcohol Court since November 2023. It called on the Welsh Government to create these courts across Wales. The Senedd agreed the motion.
Whether to agree the motion as written, which regrets the lack of a Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Wales and asks the Welsh Government to create them across Wales.
Reform UK's Llŷr Powell proposed that the Senedd call on the Welsh Government to ensure the Welsh Rugby Union protects the future of Wales's four rugby regions. Plaid Cymru's Heledd Fychan proposed replacing this with new wording. The Senedd rejected the amendment and then rejected the original motion, so nothing was agreed.
The vote on Reform UK's original motion, calling on the Welsh Government to ensure the WRU protects the future of the four rugby regions.
Plaid Cymru's amendment would replace the whole motion. It would respect the WRU's independence, note concerns about cutting regions from four to three, and call on the WRU to engage openly with supporters and communities.
Reform UK's Llŷr Powell asked the Senedd to call on the Welsh Government to end access to HMOs (shared houses with several unrelated tenants) and social housing for foreign nationals. Plaid Cymru's Heledd Fychan, with Labour's Lynne Neagle, proposed replacement wording. The Senedd rejected the original motion and agreed Amendment 1.
Whether to agree Reform UK's original motion, as written, calling on the Welsh Government to end foreign nationals' access to HMOs and social housing.
Whether to replace the motion with Amendment 1, which notes the current legal rules on housing and asylum dispersal and supports Welsh and UK Government engagement on dispersal.
Reform UK's Llŷr Powell asked the Welsh Government to overhaul HMO licensing and social housing rules to end access for foreign nationals. Plaid Cymru (Heledd Fychan) and the Welsh Conservatives (Paul Davies) tabled replacement wording. The Senedd agreed the motion as amended. The votes provided do not show which amendments were agreed.
This was the vote on the motion as amended, meaning the motion with whichever amendments had been agreed, on access to HMOs and social housing for foreign nationals.