David Rees
Labour
5:04,
27 April 2022
We now move on to the voting on today's debates, and the first vote will be on the Welsh Conservatives debate on tourism. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Darren Millar. If the proposal is not agreed, we will vote on the Amendment tabled to the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 15, no abstentions, 34 against, therefore the motion is not agreed.
Division number 3415
Item 5. Welsh Conservatives debate - Tourism. Motion without amendment
David Rees
Labour
5:05,
27 April 2022
And we now move on to a vote on the Amendment. I therefore call for a vote on the amendment tabled in the name of Lesley Griffiths. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 34, no abstentions, 15 against, therefore the amendment is agreed.
Division number 3416
Item 5. Welsh Conservatives debate. Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Lesley Griffiths
David Rees
Labour
5:06,
27 April 2022
We will now move to a vote on the motion as amended.
Motion NDM7990 as amended:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises the world class strength of Welsh tourism and welcomes the significant support provided to the tourism industry and operators by the Welsh Government through the COVID pandemic.
2. Recognises the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s definition of sustainable tourism development: 'Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities'.
3. Recognises that tourism levies are common place across the world, with revenues used to the benefit of local communities, tourists and businesses, which in turn help make tourism sustainable and successful.
4. Welcomes the commitment to introduce local tourism levies which will allow local authorities to raise a tourism levy if they choose to do so.
5. Notes the intention to undertake a major consultation during autumn 2022 as part of a careful process of developing proposals for a levy, which will involve communities, businesses and operators and further notes that the process of translating those proposals into legislation will be subject to detailed scrutiny and approval by the Senedd.
6. Welcomes the Senedd’s decision on 22 March to approve the Council Tax (Long-term Empty Dwellings and Dwellings Occupied Periodically) (Wales) Regulations 2022, introduced as part of the wider commitment to address the issue of second homes and unaffordable housing facing many communities in Wales and to tackle the housing crisis
7. Welcomes the commitment to act on the wide-ranging consultations undertaken to date to ensure genuine self-catered accommodation is distinguished from domestic properties with regard to local taxes and notes that a technical consultation on draft regulations to amend the lettings criteria for self-catering accommodations undertaken as part of taking forward this commitment closed on 12 April; the responses to which are currently being analysed.
David Rees
Labour
5:06,
27 April 2022
Open the vote. In favour 34, no abstentions, 15 against, therefore the motion as amended is agreed.
Division number 3417
Item 5. Welsh Conservatives debate - Tourism. Motion as amended.
David Rees
Labour
5:07,
27 April 2022
We now move on to a vote on the Plaid Cymru debate on the cost-of-living crisis and housing. I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Siân Gwenllian, and, if the proposal is not agreed, we will vote on the amendments tabled to the motion. Open the vote. In favour 34, no abstentions, 15 against, therefore the motion is agreed.
Division number 3418
Item 6. Plaid Cymru debate - The cost of living crisis and housing. Motion without amendment.
David Rees
Labour
5:08,
27 April 2022
And that brings us to the end of voting for today.
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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.
