Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:15,
24 March 2021
That brings us to voting time, and the first vote is on the motion to amend Standing Orders, the consolidation Bills, and I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in my own name. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 51, no abstentions and four against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 3202
Item 7 - Motion to amend Standing Orders: Consolidation Bills
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:15,
24 March 2021
Our next vote is on item 9, which is the motion to amend Standing Orders on early business following a Senedd election, and I call for a vote on the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 50, one abstention, four against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 3203
Item 9 - Motion to amend Standing Orders: Early Business Following a Senedd Election
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:16,
24 March 2021
The next vote is on item 10, the motion to amend Standing Orders on sub judice. I call for a vote on the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 51, no abstentions and four against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 3204
Item 10 - Motion to amend Standing Orders: Sub Judice
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:17,
24 March 2021
The next vote is on the motion to amend Standing Orders on membership of committees. I call for a vote on the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 49, no abstentions, six against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 3205
Item 12 - Motion to amend Standing Orders: Membership of Committees
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:17,
24 March 2021
The next vote is on agenda item 15, the motion to amend Standing Orders on the definition of political groups. I call for a vote on the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 38, no abstentions, 17 against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 3206
Item 15 - Motion to amend Standing Orders: Definition of Political Groups
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:18,
24 March 2021
The next vote is on the motion to approve the code of conduct for Members of the Senedd, and I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Jayne Bryant. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 49, no abstentions and five against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 3207
Item 17 - Motion to Approve the Code of Conduct for Members of the Senedd
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:19,
24 March 2021
The next vote is on the debate on the Culture, Welsh language and Communications report on 'Exploring the devolution of broadcasting: How can Wales get the media it needs?' And I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Bethan Sayed. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 50, no abstentions and four against, and therefore the motion is agreed.
Division number 3208
Item 20 - Debate on the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Report: Exploring the devolution of broadcasting: how can Wales get the media it needs?
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:20,
24 March 2021
The next votes are on the Welsh Conservatives' debate on the future of Wales. I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Mark Isherwood. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 13, no abstentions and 41 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed.
Division number 3209
Item 21 - Welsh Conservatives Debate - Motion without amendment
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:21,
24 March 2021
The next vote is on Amendment 1. I call for a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Rebecca Evans. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 28, no abstentions and 26 against. Therefore, the amendment is agreed.
Division number 3210
Item 21 - Amendment 1 - Tabled in the name of Rebecca Evans
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:21,
24 March 2021
Amendment 2 is next. I call for a vote on amendment 2, tabled in the name of Siân Gwenllian. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 10, no abstentions and 44 against. Therefore, amendment 2 is not agreed.
Division number 3211
Item 21 - Amendment 2 - Tabled in the name of Sian Gwenllian
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:22,
24 March 2021
Amendment 3 in the name of Siân Gwenllian. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 10, no abstentions, 44 against. Therefore, the amendment is not agreed.
Division number 3212
Item 21 - Amendment 3 - Tabled in the name of Sian Gwenllian
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:22,
24 March 2021
A final vote on the motion as amended.
Motion NDM7683 as amended:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises that in the face of unprecedented challenges of austerity, Brexit, climate change and COVID-19, the Welsh Government has:
a) Established the Development Bank of Wales, secured more than 100,000 all-age apprenticeships and provided unrivalled business rates relief including over £580m in permanent relief for small businesses;
b) Introduced the New Treatment Fund, making newly approved treatments available in the NHS in an average of 13 days;
c) Improved PISA results in all three domains and developed a radical new curriculum for our schools;
d) Declared a climate change emergency and set Wales’s first legally binding target to achieve net zero emissions;
e) Built 20,000 new homes and strengthened the rights of renters.
2. Notes the full achievements are set out in the Welsh Government’s Annual Report.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:22,
24 March 2021
Open the vote. Close the vote. The vote is tied and, therefore, on the very final vote, I must use my casting vote.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:23,
24 March 2021
I do know which way I'm voting, but I just don't know how to actually vote virtually myself, believe it or not. You've all been doing it for many months now. So, I cast my vote against the motion and, therefore, the final motion as amended: for the motion 27, abstain nobody, and against the motion 28.
Division number 3213
Item 21 - Welsh Conservatives Debate - Motion as amended
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
7:23,
24 March 2021
Now that caught me slightly by surprise there, my very final vote being the casting vote of the Chair. There's some Shakespearean drama to that, I'm sure. [Laughter.]
A proposal for new legislation that is debated by Parliament.
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.
The language of Wales spoken by around 25% of the population. It is an Indo-European language and belongs to the Celtic group. It was made "offical" in Wales by the Welsh Language Act 1993. It is known in Welsh as Cymraeg.
The Conservatives are a centre-right political party in the UK, founded in the 1830s. They are also known as the Tory party.
With a lower-case ‘c’, ‘conservative’ is an adjective which implies a dislike of change, and a preference for traditional values.
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.
