Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:44,
24 February 2026
The first vote this evening is on item 10, the Higher Education (Fee Limits) (Wales) Regulations 2026, and I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 26, 14 abstentions and 13 against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7346
Item 10. The Higher Education (Fee Limits) (Wales) Regulations 2026.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:45,
24 February 2026
The next vote is on item 13, the legislative consent motion on the Pension Schemes Bill. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Jayne Bryant. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 42, no abstentions and 11 against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7347
Item 13. Legislative Consent Motion: The Pension Schemes Bill.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:45,
24 February 2026
The next votes will be on item 14, the legislative consent motion on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The first vote is on Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 25, there are 16 abstentions and 12 against. Therefore, the first amendment is agreed.
Division number 7348
Item 14. Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:46,
24 February 2026
The next vote is on Amendment 2, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 13, 15 abstentions and 25 against. Therefore, amendment 2 is not agreed.
Division number 7349
Item 14. Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Amendment 2, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:47,
24 February 2026
The next vote is on Amendment 3, again tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 12, 16 abstentions and 25 against. Therefore, amendment 3 is not agreed.
Division number 7350
Item 14. Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Amendment 3, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:47,
24 February 2026
The final vote on this item is on the motion as amended by Amendment 1, and that motion was tabled in the name of Jeremy Miles.
Motion NDM9157 as amended
To propose that the Senedd, in accordance with Standing Order 29.6:
1. Agrees that the following provisions in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, in so far as they have regard to devolved matters, should be considered by the UK Parliament:
a) Clause 4(3A) (Voluntary Assisted Dying Commissioner) (to be inserted by an amendment at the end of Clause 4, page 2, line 29 and listed in paper HL Bill 112-IX(b));
b) Clause 40 (Guidance about operation of Act);
c) Clause 42(1), (2), (5) and (6) (Voluntary assisted dying services: Wales);
d) Clause 47(3A) (Reporting on implementation of Act) (to be inserted by Amendment 784);
e) Clause 49 (Monitoring by Commissioner) (to be amended by Amendments 804 and 809);
f) Clause 50(4) (Review of this Act) (to be inserted by Amendment 824);
g) Clause 51(1), (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) (Provision about the Welsh language);
h) Clause 54(1), (2), (5), (6) (Regulations) (to be amended by Amendments 857CA and 872A);
i) Clause 55(3) (Duty to consult before making regulations) (to be inserted by Amendment 877A); and
j) Clause 58(5), (7), (8) (Commencement) (to be amended by Amendment 905A).
2. Regrets the lack of thorough consideration of the constitutional implications of this Bill for Wales during the legislative process.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:48,
24 February 2026
Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 28, two abstentions and 23 against. Therefore, the motion as amended is agreed.
Division number 7351
Item 14. Legislative Consent Motion: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Motion (as amended).
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:48,
24 February 2026
The next vote will be on item 16, the Stage 4 of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Huw Irranca-Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 51, no abstentions and two against. Therefore, the motion is agreed.
Division number 7352
Item 16. Debate: Stage 4 of the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
8:49,
24 February 2026
That brings today's proceedings to a close. Thank you all very much for your contributions, and good evening.
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.
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 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.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
