Ann Jones: Okay, thank you. And, finally, Angela Burns.
Ann Jones: Are you coming to your final question, please?
Ann Jones: Thank you. Can I just remind Members this is a statement, and therefore these are questions to the Cabinet Secretary? I am going to be very tight now. I’ve got a number of speakers who want to speak, and spokespeople have had their opportunity. Some of them took a little bit too long and I’ll be speaking to them a bit later, but can we just ask questions of the Minister now? Jenny...
Ann Jones: It has been agreed that the short debate will be postponed until Wednesday, 13 July. Therefore, this brings today’s proceedings to a close. And, as the Presiding Officer mentioned at the start of the proceedings, good luck to the football team, and, wherever we’re watching it, can we all say, ‘Stronger together, united as a country’? And I’m sure we’ll all return tomorrow with the...
Ann Jones: I call for a vote on amendment 7, tabled in the name of Simon Thomas. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 34, against the amendment five. There were nine abstentions. Therefore that amendment is carried.
Ann Jones: I now call for a vote on the motion as amended.
Ann Jones: Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 43, against the motion five. There were no abstentions.
Ann Jones: I call for a vote on amendment 5, tabled in the name of Simon Thomas. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 10, against 27, and there were 10 abstentions. Therefore amendment 5 is lost.
Ann Jones: I call for a vote on amendment 6, tabled in the name of Simon Thomas. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 44, against the amendment two, with one abstention. Therefore that amendment is agreed.
Ann Jones: As amendment 1 was agreed, amendments 2 and 3 are deselected.
Ann Jones: We move to a vote on amendment 4. I call for the vote on amendment 4, tabled in the name of Simon Thomas. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 46, against the amendment two. Therefore amendment 4 is carried.
Ann Jones: We’ve agreed that voting time will take place before the short debate. Unless three Members wish the bell to be rung, I will proceed directly to voting time. Does anybody wish the bell to be rung? No.
Ann Jones: Right, we shall move on to voting. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Neil Hamilton and Caroline Jones. If the proposal is not agreed, we will vote on the amendments tabled to the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion five, against the motion 43. There were no abstentions. Therefore the motion is lost.
Ann Jones: I will now call for a vote on the amendments. If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and 3 will be deselected. So, I call for a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Simon Thomas. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 34, against the motion—sorry, the amendment, sorry. So, for amendment 1 34, against amendment 1 14, no abstentions. Therefore amendment 1 is agreed.
Ann Jones: Thank you very much. The proposal is to agree the motion without amendment. Does any Member object? [Objection.] Thank you. There has been an objection, therefore we—[Interruption.] Thank you. I know everybody’s getting excited about an event that may happen tonight but, if we don’t calm down, we’ll still be here voting before the start of that event, so can we do the voting in quiet,...
Ann Jones: Thank you very much. I call on David Rowlands to reply to the debate. David Rowlands.
Ann Jones: I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, Ken Skates.
Ann Jones: You’ve got to wind it up now.
Ann Jones: Thank you very much. I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure to formally move amendment 3 tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. You can stand to do it; it’s very nice. [Laughter.]
Ann Jones: Move formally, thank you. David Rees.
