Ann Jones
Labour
6:11,
7 March 2017
We move to voting time, then, and the first vote is on the second supplementary budget and I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 27, no abstentions, 26 against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 249
NDM6236 - Debate: The Second Supplementary Budget 2016-17
Ann Jones
Labour
6:12,
7 March 2017
We now turn to a vote on the Estyn annual report and I call for a vote on Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 26, no abstentions, 27 against. Therefore, amendment 1 is not agreed.
Division number 250
NDM6246 - Amendment 1
Ann Jones
Labour
6:13,
7 March 2017
We move to a vote on Amendment 2, tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 26, no abstentions, 27 against. Therefore, the amendment is not agreed.
Division number 251
NDM6246 - Amendment 2
Ann Jones
Labour
6:13,
7 March 2017
We now move to a vote on Amendment 3, in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. There were 53 for, no abstentions, none against. Therefore, amendment 3 is agreed.
Division number 252
NDM6246 - Amendment 3
Ann Jones
Labour
6:13,
7 March 2017
I call for a vote on Amendment 4, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 53, no abstentions, none against. Therefore, amendment 4 is agreed.
Division number 253
NDM6246 - Amendment 4
Ann Jones
Labour
6:14,
7 March 2017
So, I call for a vote on the motion, as amended, in the name of Jane Hutt.
Motion NDM6246 as amended;
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the annual report for 2015-16 of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales.
2. Notes that leadership is the most significant factor affecting school improvement and calls upon the Welsh Government to bring forward more detailed information on the establishment of the National Academy of Educational Leadership, including its finances, targets, and how leaders will be able to access its support.
3. Regrets the relative poor performance of the pupil referral units inspected in 2015-16, of which none were identified with excellent practice and all four were placed in a statutory category of follow up, and calls on the Welsh Government to address weaknesses in provision, leadership and management as a matter of urgency.
Ann Jones
Labour
6:14,
7 March 2017
Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 53, no abstentions, none against. Therefore, the motion is carried.
Division number 254
NDM6246 - Debate: The Estyn Annual Report 2015-16
Ann Jones
Labour
6:14,
7 March 2017
We’ll move to a vote on Amendment 4 on the International Women’s Day debate. I call for a vote on amendment 4, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 20, no abstentions, against the motion 33. Therefore, amendment 4 is not agreed.
Division number 255
NDM6247 - Amendment 4
Ann Jones
Labour
6:15,
7 March 2017
So, I call for a vote on the motion as amended, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt.
Motion NDM6247 as amended:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Celebrates International Women's Day 2017 and recognises the role, contribution and achievements of women in the economic, political, social and cultural life of Wales.
2. Notes that women remain under-represented in leadership positions and regrets that only 4 per cent of the CEOs of the top 100 businesses in Wales and 31 per cent of board members of major WGSBs are women.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to commit to reaching the 40 per cent threshold of gender balance of women on WGSBs and to increase the number of women that are chairs and on advisory panels of WGSBs.
4. Regrets that the median hourly pay gap between men and women in Wales in 2015 was 14.6 per cent.
5. Regrets that 29 per cent of women working in Wales earned below the living wage, compared to 20.5 per cent of men, based on the hourly living wage of £8.25 as at April 2016.
Ann Jones
Labour
6:15,
7 March 2017
Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 52, one abstention, none against. Therefore, the motion as amended is carried.
Division number 256
NDM6247 - Debate: International Women's Day
Ann Jones
Labour
6:15,
7 March 2017
That brings today’s proceedings to a close. Thank you.
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.
