Ann Jones
Labour
4:36,
2 May 2017
I call for a vote on Amendment 1 to the diabetes services in Wales debate in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 20, no abstentions, 28 against. Therefore, amendment 1 is not agreed.
Division number 304
NDM6292 - Amendment 1
Ann Jones
Labour
4:36,
2 May 2017
I call for a vote on Amendment 2 tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 47, no abstentions, one against. Therefore, amendment 2 is agreed.
Division number 305
NDM6292 - Amendment 2
Ann Jones
Labour
4:37,
2 May 2017
I now call for a vote on the motion as amended.
Motion NDM6292 as amended:
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the publication of the updated Diabetes Delivery Plan and the priority areas outlined in the recent annual report to:
a. improve the standard of diabetes care across the health system and reduce variation in care practices;
b. support primary care in the management of diabetes and completion of key care processes;
c. enable people with diabetes to better manage their condition and reduce their risk of complications; and
d. use informatics to drive better integration of services for people with diabetes.
2. Recognises the importance of tackling obesity in preventing type 2 diabetes.
Ann Jones
Labour
4:37,
2 May 2017
Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 49, no abstentions, one against. Therefore, the motion as amended is agreed.
Division number 306
NDM6292 - Debate: Diabetes Services in Wales Motion, as amended
Ann Jones
Labour
4:37,
2 May 2017
That brings today’s proceedings to a close. Thank you.
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.
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.
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.
