8. Voting Time

– in the Senedd at 5:45 pm on 14 May 2025.

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Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 5:45, 14 May 2025

(Translated)

That brings us to voting time, and, unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung, we will move immediately to our first vote. That first vote this afternoon is on item 5, a Member debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) on safeguarding the health of firefighters. I therefore call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Luke Fletcher. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 30, 15 abstentions, none against. Therefore, the motion is agreed. 

(Translated)

Item 5. Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Safeguarding the health of firefighters: For: 30, Against: 0, Abstain: 15

Motion has been agreed

Division number 6080 Item 5. Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Safeguarding the health of firefighters

Aye: 30 MSs

Absent: 15 MSs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Absent: A-Z by last name

Abstained: 15 MSs

Abstained: A-Z by last name

Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 5:46, 14 May 2025

(Translated)

The next votes will be on item 7, the Welsh Conservatives debate on taxation. I call for a vote first of all on the motion without amendment, tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 12, no abstentions, 33 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed. 

(Translated)

Item 7. Welsh Conservatives Debate - Taxation. Motion without amendment: For: 12, Against: 33, Abstain: 0

Motion has been rejected

Division number 6081 Item 7. Welsh Conservatives Debate - Taxation. Motion without amendment

Aye: 12 MSs

No: 33 MSs

Aye: A-Z by last name

No: A-Z by last name

Absent: 15 MSs

Absent: A-Z by last name

Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 5:47, 14 May 2025

(Translated)

We'll move now to amendment 1, and, if amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be deselected. So, a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 23, no abstentions, 22 against. And therefore, the amendment is agreed.

(Translated)

Item 7. Welsh Conservatives Debate - Taxation. Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt: For: 23, Against: 22, Abstain: 0

Amendment has been agreed

Division number 6082 Item 7. Welsh Conservatives Debate - Taxation. Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt

Aye: 23 MSs

No: 22 MSs

No: A-Z by last name

Absent: 15 MSs

Absent: A-Z by last name

(Translated)

Amendment 2 deselected.

Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 5:47, 14 May 2025

(Translated)

The final vote is on the motion as amended.

(Translated)

Motion NDM8898 as amended:

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes:

a) the average Band D council tax bill in Wales this year is £110 lower than in England and more than 256,000 low-income households in Wales receive support with their bills through the council tax reduction scheme;

b) the business birth rate in 2023 in Wales was higher than in the south-east and south-west regions of England, and higher than in Northern Ireland; and

c) growth in average weekly earnings for full-time adults in Wales has outpaced the UK over the last 10 years.

2. Recognises:

a) ratepayers in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors have received more than £1 billion in additional business rates support over the last six years and almost half of all ratepayers pay no business rates at all.

b) Welsh rates of income tax are forecast to contribute more than £3 billion to the Welsh budget this year; and

c) local authorities are accountable to the people of Wales when setting budgets and council tax, based on the needs of local services.

Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 5:47, 14 May 2025

(Translated)

Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 23, nine abstentions, 13 against. And therefore the motion as amended is agreed. 

(Translated)

Item 7. Welsh Conservatives Debate - Taxation. Motion as amended: For: 23, Against: 13, Abstain: 9

Motion as amended has been agreed

Division number 6083 Item 7. Welsh Conservatives Debate - Taxation. Motion as amended

Aye: 23 MSs

No: 13 MSs

No: A-Z by last name

Absent: 15 MSs

Abstained: 9 MSs

Absent: A-Z by last name

Abstained: A-Z by last name

Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 5:48, 14 May 2025

(Translated)

That concludes voting for this afternoon and that concludes voting time.