We will vote first on the Plaid Cymru debate on the electoral system, and I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Simon Thomas. Open the vote. Close the vote. For 13, against 39. Therefore the motion falls.
I call for a vote on amendment 1 tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 39, abstentions one, and against 11. The amendment is therefore carried.
I therefore call for a vote on the motion as amended.
Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 49, abstentions one, against two. Therefore the motion as amended is agreed.
We now move to a vote on the Plaid Cymru debate on the ministerial code, and I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Simon Thomas. Open the vote. Close the vote. For 13, against 39. Therefore the motion is not agreed.
We will move to amendment one tabled in the name of Jane Hutt. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 30, abstentions one, against 21. Therefore amendment 1 is agreed.
I now call for a vote on amendment 2, tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 22, abstentions zero, against 30. Therefore the amendment falls.
I now call for a vote on amendment 3, tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 52, no abstentions and no votes against. Therefore the amendment is agreed.
The next vote is on the motion as amended.
Motion NDM6053 as amended
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that the principles of open government should be maintained in all areas of the Welsh Government’s responsibilities;
2. Notes a commitment by the First Minister to explore ways to strengthen the Ministerial Code and the way it operates.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to formally respond to the concerns raised in the manifesto of the Cabinet Secretary for Education’s party that Welsh Ministers have been able to breach the Ministerial Code with impunity.
Open the vote. Close the vote. For 29, abstentions one, against 21. The motion as amended is therefore agreed.