Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour
5:45,
8 July 2026
That brings us to voting time. Unless five Members wish for the bell to be rung, I will proceed directly to voting time. No. Okay, we will first vote on item 6, the Member debate on ophthalmology services. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Gwyn Williams. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 75, 14 abstentions and none against.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour
5:48,
8 July 2026
The motion is agreed.
Division number 7450
Item 6. Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - ophthalmology services
Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour
5:48,
8 July 2026
We will now move to the votes under item 7, the Reform UK debate. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Llŷr Powell. If the proposal is not agreed, we will vote on the Amendment tabled to the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 38, there are no abstentions and there are 51 against. The motion is therefore not agreed.
Division number 7451
Item 7. Reform UK Debate - the tourism sector. Motion without amendment
Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour
5:49,
8 July 2026
We will move to a vote on Amendment 1. I call for a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 51, no abstentions, and 38 against. Therefore, amendment 1 is agreed.
Division number 7452
Item 7. Reform UK Debate - the tourism sector. Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan
Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour
5:50,
8 July 2026
We will now move to a vote on the motion as amended.
Motion NDM9284 as amended:
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises the vital contribution of the tourism sector to the Welsh economy, directly supporting more than 150,000 jobs and contributing to 5 per cent of Wales's gross value added.
2. Celebrates Wales as a world-class destination, welcoming visitors from across the globe.
3. Welcomes the Welsh Government’s support for the tourism sector by:
a) promoting the visitor levy as a choice for local authorities, that can enable new investment into local tourism; and
b) delivering the Government’s commitment to keep the 182-day occupancy threshold for self-catering business under review and create clear and reasonable exemptions where a property would not qualify as a private home.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour
5:50,
8 July 2026
Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 51, no abstentions, and there are 38 against. Therefore, the motion as amended is agreed.
Division number 7453
Item 7. Reform UK Debate - the tourism sector. Motion as amended
Huw Irranca-Davies
Labour
5:51,
8 July 2026
Thank you, all.
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.
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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.
