Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:25,
7 December 2016
The first vote is on the individual Member debate on public health. I call for a vote on the motion in the name of Jenny Rathbone, Rhun ap Iorwerth, Vikki Howells, Angela Burns and Dai Lloyd. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour, 48; no abstentions; none against. So, the motion is agreed.
Division number 154
NDM6144- Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv) on the motion without amendment
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:26,
7 December 2016
The second vote is on the Welsh Conservatives’ debate on the autumn statement. I call for a vote on the motion in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour, 17, no abstentions, 31 against. So, the motion is not agreed.
Division number 155
NDM6182 - Welsh Conservatives debate on the motion without amendment
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:27,
7 December 2016
I call for a vote on the Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 31, no abstentions, 17 against. So, the amendment is agreed.
Division number 156
NDM6182 - Amendment 1
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:27,
7 December 2016
I now call for a vote on Amendment 2, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 37, no abstentions, 11 against. So, amendment 2 is agreed.
Division number 157
NDM6182 - Amendment 2
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:27,
7 December 2016
I now call for a vote on Amendment 3, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 37, no abstentions, 11 against. So, amendment 3 is agreed.
Division number 158
NDM6182 - Amendment 3
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:28,
7 December 2016
I now call for a vote on Amendment 4, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 12, no abstentions, 36 against. So, amendment 3 is not agreed.
Division number 159
NDM6182 - Amendment 4
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:28,
7 December 2016
I call for a vote on Amendment 5, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 48, no abstentions, none against. So, amendment 5 is agreed.
Division number 160
NDM6182 - Amendment 5
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:28,
7 December 2016
I now call for a vote on the motion as amended.
Motion NDM6182 as amended:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the UK Government’s Autumn Statement.
2. Notes the Autumn Statement includes additional capital allocations for the Welsh budget of £442m between 2016-17 and 2020-21.
3. Regrets the UK Government did not use the Autumn Statement to end its damaging policy of austerity.
4. Regrets the UK Government did not recognise the need for investment in the health service, social care and other essential public services in the Autumn Statement.
5. Notes that the UK Government will raise the National Living Wage to £7.50 to support jobs and earnings across the UK.
6. Further notes that the Personal Allowance and Higher Rate threshold will increase to £12,000 and £50,000 respectively by 2020-21, which will reduce the income tax bill for 1.4 million individuals in Wales in 2017-18.
7. Regrets that the UK Government failed to commit to a timescale for the delivery of electrification of the Great Western railway between Cardiff and Swansea, and the electrification of the North Wales Main Line.
8. Regrets that the UK Government failed to commit to delivering the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.
9. Regrets the failure of the UK Government to devolve air passenger duty.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:29,
7 December 2016
Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 31, no abstentions, 17 against. The motion as amended is agreed.
Division number 161
NDM6182 - Welsh Conservatives debate on the motion as amended
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:29,
7 December 2016
We now move to a vote on the UKIP debate on letting agency fees. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Neil Hamilton and Gareth Bennett. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 6, 11 abstentions, 31 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed.
Division number 162
NDM6181 - United Kingdom Independence Party debate on the motion without amendment
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:29,
7 December 2016
I call for a vote on Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 23, no abstentions, 25 against, and, therefore, amendment 1 is not agreed.
Division number 163
NDM6181 - Amendment 1
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:30,
7 December 2016
I now call for a vote on Amendment 2, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 36, 6 abstentions and 6 against. Therefore, amendment 2 is agreed.
Division number 164
NDM6181 - Amendment 2
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:30,
7 December 2016
I now call for a vote on Amendment 3, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 48, no abstentions and no-one against. Therefore, amendment 3 is agreed.
Division number 165
NDM6181 - Amendment 3
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:30,
7 December 2016
I now call for a vote on Amendment 4, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 12, 11 abstentions, 25 against. Therefore, amendment 4 is not agreed.
Division number 166
NDM6181 - Amendment 4
Motion NDM6181 as amended:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes proposals from the UK Government to abolish fees charged by letting agents to tenants in England.
2. Regrets that, on average, tenants are charged £233 in letting fees.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
(a) consider how legislation on this subject might work in light of the evidence on the impact of abolition in Scotland and the responses to the consultation in England.
(b) consult with other parties in the Assembly and stakeholders on the best way forward for Wales.
(c) further consider ways of tackling excessive and unfair service charges, or unjustified rises in service charges, that are levied on to leaseholders.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:31,
7 December 2016
I now call for a vote on the motion as amended. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 48, no abstentions, none against, Therefore, the motion as amended is agreed.
Division number 167
NDM6181 - United Kingdom Independence Party debate on the motion as amended
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:31,
7 December 2016
I ask those who are leaving the Chamber to do so quietly—the day’s business has not been concluded.
The House of Commons votes by dividing. Those voting Aye (yes) to any proposition walk through the division lobby to the right of the Speaker and those voting no through the lobby to the left. In each of the lobbies there are desks occupied by Clerks who tick Members' names off division lists as they pass through. Then at the exit doors the Members are counted by two Members acting as tellers. The Speaker calls for a vote by announcing "Clear the Lobbies". In the House of Lords "Clear the Bar" is called. Division Bells ring throughout the building and the police direct all Strangers to leave the vicinity of the Members’ Lobby. They also walk through the public rooms of the House shouting "division". MPs have eight minutes to get to the Division Lobby before the doors are closed. Members make their way to the Chamber, where Whips are on hand to remind the uncertain which way, if any, their party is voting. Meanwhile the Clerks who will take the names of those voting have taken their place at the high tables with the alphabetical lists of MPs' names on which ticks are made to record the vote. When the tellers are ready the counting process begins - the recording of names by the Clerk and the counting of heads by the tellers. When both lobbies have been counted and the figures entered on a card this is given to the Speaker who reads the figures and announces "So the Ayes [or Noes] have it". In the House of Lords the process is the same except that the Lobbies are called the Contents Lobby and the Not Contents Lobby. Unlike many other legislatures, the House of Commons and the House of Lords have not adopted a mechanical or electronic means of voting. This was considered in 1998 but rejected. Divisions rarely take less than ten minutes and those where most Members are voting usually take about fifteen. Further information can be obtained from factsheet P9 at the UK Parliament site.
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Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
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The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
