Ann Jones
Labour
5:45,
3 May 2017
We’ll vote first on the Plaid Cymru debate on local authorities, and I’ll call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. If the proposal is not agreed, we will vote on the amendments tabled to the motion. Open the vote. [Interruption.] Is it all right? It’s right. Close the vote. For the motion 12, no abstentions, against the motion 35. Therefore, the motion is not agreed, and we proceed to Amendment 1.
Division number 309
NDM6295 - Plaid Cymru debate on the motion without amendment
Ann Jones
Labour
5:46,
3 May 2017
If Amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be deselected. I call for a vote on amendment 1 tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 26, no abstentions, 21 against the amendment. Therefore, amendment 1 is agreed.
Division number 310
NDM6295 - Amendment 1
Ann Jones
Labour
5:46,
3 May 2017
We’ll now move to vote on the motion as amended.
Ann Jones
Labour
5:46,
3 May 2017
Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amended motion 41, no abstentions, 6 against. Therefore, the amended motion is passed.
Division number 311
NDM6295 - Plaid Cymru debate on the motion as amended
Ann Jones
Labour
5:47,
3 May 2017
We now move to vote on the UKIP debate on energy and environment policy. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of David Rowlands. If the proposal is not agreed, we’ll vote on the amendments tabled to the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion five, eight abstentions, 34 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed.
Division number 312
NDM6297 - United Kingdom Independence Party debate on the motion without amendment
Ann Jones
Labour
5:47,
3 May 2017
We’ll now proceed to vote on Amendment 1. If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will be deselected. I call for a vote on amendment 1 tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 27, no abstentions, 20 against. Therefore, amendment 1 is agreed.
Division number 313
NDM6297 - Amendment 1
Ann Jones
Labour
5:48,
3 May 2017
We now move to vote on the motion as amended.
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the Welsh Government’s energy policy strategy Energy Wales.
2. Notes the legislative target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Wales by at least 80 per cent by 2050.
3. Recognises the planning system provides opportunities to both protect Wales’ unique landscape and also promote opportunities for renewable energy generation.
Ann Jones
Labour
5:48,
3 May 2017
Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amended motion 34, eight abstentions, five against. Therefore, the amended motion is agreed.
Division number 314
NDM6297 - United Kingdom Independence Party debate on the motion as amended
Ann Jones
Labour
5:48,
3 May 2017
Thank you. Can I ask Members if they’re leaving the Chamber to do so quietly and quickly, please?
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.
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.
