Decisions

The item started at 17.52

NDM5956 Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 26.47:

Approves the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

The item started at 16.01

The amendments have been grouped for the purposes of debate and the groupings will be debated as follows:

A vote was taken on amendment 3:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 3 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 45A:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
21	0	23	44

Amendment 45A was not agreed.

Amendment 45 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 46 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

A vote was taken on amendment 4:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 4 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 47A:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 47A was not agreed.

Amendment 47 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 35 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

A vote was taken on amendment 5:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
11	0	34	35

Amendment 5 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 6:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 6 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 7:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 7 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 8:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 8 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 9:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
21	0	23	44

Amendment 9 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 10:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 10 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 11:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
11	0	34	45

Amendment 11 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 40:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	28	45

Amendment 40 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 41:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	28	45

Amendment 41 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 42:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	28	45

Amendment 42 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 43:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	28	45

Amendment 43 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 44:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
17	0	28	45

Amendment 44 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 12:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 12 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 13:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 13 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 14:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 14 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 15:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 15 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 16:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 16 was not agreed.

Amendment 17 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 18 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 19 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 20 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Amendment 36 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

A vote was taken on amendment 21:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	24	47

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 22:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 22 was not agreed.

Amendment 37 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

A vote was taken on amendment 23:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 23 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 24:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	24	47

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 25:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
22	0	23	45

Amendment 25 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 26:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	24	47

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.

Amendment 38 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

As amendment 38 was agreed, amendments 1 and 2 fell

A vote was taken on amendment 39A:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	24	47

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 39B:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	24	47

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.

Amendment 39 was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

A vote was taken on amendment 27:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	24	47

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 28:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
16	0	30	46

Amendment 28 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 29:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
11	0	35	46

Amendment 29 was not agreed.

As amendment 27 was not agreed, amendment 30 fell

As amendment 28 was not agreed, amendment 31 fell

A vote was taken on amendment 32:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
23	0	24	47

As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the amendment. Therefore, the amendment was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 33:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
10	0	35	45

Amendment 33 was not agreed.

A vote was taken on amendment 34:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
11	0	35	46

Amendment 34 was not agreed.

All sections and schedules of the Bill were deemed agreed, concluding Stage 3 proceedings.

The item started at 16.59

NDM5858 Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales, for the purposes of any provisions resulting from the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill, agrees to any increase in expenditure of a kind referred to in Standing Order 26.69, arising in consequence of the Bill.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

The item started at 16.18

 

NDM5772 Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with Standing Order 26.11:

 

Agrees to the general principles of the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

 

7.1 The Member in Charge of the Bill (Kirsty Williams) responded to questions from Members.

7.2 The Member in Charge agreed to supply the Committee with an outline of which of the safe nursing indicators outlined in section 3(5) of the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill were derived from the CNO’s guidelines, the NICE guidelines and which were included as a result of the responses to her consultations on the Bill.

The item started at 14.30