NDM7141 - Opposition Debate
Tabled on 18/09/2019 | For debate on 25/09/2019To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Supports Wales’s membership of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its indefinite continuance.
2. Notes that Wales, like the United Kingdom as a whole, voted to leave the European Union.
3. Supports further devolution in specific areas which would benefit Wales and where other parts of the United Kingdom benefit from such devolution, such as rail and air passenger duty.
4. Notes the past involvement of the European Union under Articles 154 to 156 of the Treaty of Rome with respect to trans-European networks, including the M4 and A55.
5. Calls on the UK Government to support improvements to the A55 and delivery of the M4 relief road through the UK shared prosperity fund to benefit Wales and the UK a whole.
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Amendments
In point 5, after 'improvements to' insert 'infrastructure in Wales, including'.
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Add at the end of point 1 “but believes that radical reform is needed of the way in which inter-governmental relations between the devolved nations and the UK Government are conducted”.
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Add at the end of point 2 “but believes that, given the experience of the last three years, securing a brighter future for Wales depends on the UK remaining in the EU”.
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In point 3, after “such as”, insert “policing and justice and”.
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Delete point 5 and replace with:
Calls on the UK Government to:
a) step up its commitment to investing in infrastructure in Wales such as the electrification of the rail mainlines in south and north Wales and investment in tidal power in Wales, which is its responsibility;
b) provide full replacement funding, free of UK Government interference in how it should be best used, for the European funding Wales will lose if the UK leaves the EU.