Elin Jones: I thank the Cabinet Secretary.
Elin Jones: The next item on our agenda is the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs on energy. And I call on the Cabinet Secretary to make her statement—Lesley Griffiths.
Elin Jones: I call on the Chair of the Finance Committee, Simon Thomas.
Elin Jones: I have selected the amendment to the motion and I call on Nick Ramsay to move the amendment tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Nick Ramsay.
Elin Jones: Suzy Davies.
Elin Jones: It’s up to the Member whether he gives way or not and he is not, and he is finishing his contribution.
Elin Jones: I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to reply to the debate.
Elin Jones: The proposal is to agree amendment 1. Does any Member object? [Objection.] I will therefore defer all voting on this item until voting time.
Elin Jones: We now move to voting time, and the first vote is on the draft budget for 2017-18. I call for a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 14, abstentions 9, and 29 against. Therefore, the amendment falls.
Elin Jones: I now call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. For 27, 10 abstentions, 15 against. Therefore the motion is agreed.
Elin Jones: That brings today’s proceedings to a close.
Elin Jones: I call the National Assembly to order.
Elin Jones: The first item on our agenda this afternoon is questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure. And the first question, Lynne Neagle.
Elin Jones: Questions now from party spokespeople. The spokesperson for the Welsh Conservatives, Russell George.
Elin Jones: UKIP spokesperson—David Rowlands.
Elin Jones: Plaid Cymru spokesperson, Adam Price.
Elin Jones: Oh, we have a tag team. That’s a new innovation. I’m all for that. [Laughter.]
Elin Jones: Julie James.
Elin Jones: You can sit down Cabinet Secretary. [Laughter.]
Elin Jones: And finally, question 10—Darren Millar.