This brings us to voting time, and unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung, we will move immediately to the first vote.

The first vote is on the Welsh Conservatives debate on urban renewal. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 18, no abstentions, 34 against, and therefore the motion is not agreed.

NDM6734 - Welsh Conservatives debate - Motion without amendment: For: 18, Against: 34, Abstain: 0

Motion has been rejected

Amendment 1 is next and, if amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be deselected. I call for a vote on amendment 1 tabled in the name of Julie James. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 28, one abstention, 23 against. Therefore, amendment 1 is agreed.

NDM6734 - Welsh Conservatives debate - Amendment 1: For: 28, Against: 23, Abstain: 1

Amendment has been agreed

Amendment 2 deselected.

Amendment 3 is next, therefore. I call for a vote on amendment 3, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 26, no abstentions, 26 against. As is required under Standing Order 6.20, I exercise my casting vote to vote against the amendment. And therefore the amendment is not agreed.

NDM6734 - Welsh Conservatives debate - Amendment 3: For: 26, Against: 26, Abstain: 0

As there was an equality of votes, the Llywydd used her casting vote in accordance with Standing Order 6.20(ii).

Amendment has been rejected

I now call for a vote on the motion as amended. 

Motion NDM6734 as amended:

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the importance of Wales’s urban areas as engines of economic growth, learning and creativity.

2. Notes the importance of supporting communities across all parts of Wales, both urban and rural, to ensure that they are attractive to invest, work, live, visit and study in.

3. Believes that supporting inclusive growth and building resilient, liveable communities requires a joined up approach to key interventions including economic development, regeneration investment, transport, infrastructure development, planning and skills.

4. Notes the Welsh Government’s recent Economic Action Plan, Targeted Regeneration Investment Fund, Valleys Taskforce Delivery Plan and National Development Framework consultation as the basis for a genuinely cross-government approach to supporting inclusive growth and building resilient, liveable communities.

5. Recognises the importance of working with partners including local authorities, city and growth deal regions, housing associations, Transport for Wales and the Development Bank of Wales to promote effective place-making. 

Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 27, 12 abstentions, 13 against. Therefore, the motion as amended is agreed.

NDM6734 - Welsh Conservatives debate - Motion as amended: For: 27, Against: 13, Abstain: 12

Motion as amended has been agreed

The next vote is on the Plaid Cymru debate on establishing a publicly owned energy company. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 10, two abstentions, 40 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed.

NDM6735 - Plaid Cymru debate - Motion without amendment: For: 10, Against: 40, Abstain: 2

Motion has been rejected

Amendment 1. I call for a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Julie James. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 39, two abstentions, 11 against. Amendment 1 is therefore agreed.

NDM6735 - Plaid Cymru debate - Amendment 1: For: 39, Against: 11, Abstain: 2

Amendment has been agreed

I now call for a vote on the motion as amended.

Motion NDM6735 as amended:

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes Plaid Cymru’s long-standing proposal for establishing a publicly owned energy company, Ynni Cymru.

2. Notes the Welsh Labour party’s 2017 manifesto commitment to support 'the creation of publicly owned, locally accountable energy companies and cooperatives to rival existing private energy suppliers, with at least one in every region'.

3. Notes the work carried out with stakeholders by Welsh Government indicated we should not pursue a Wales wide energy supply company, but continue to explore other mechanisms of delivering benefits to Wales in line with Welsh Government’s stated priorities and targets.

4. Recognises the contribution of Welsh Government-funded programmes, such as Warm Homes, Nest and Arbed, Local Energy, Green Growth Wales and the Smart Living programme creating locally owned energy businesses as part of the transition to a low carbon economy.

Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 39, four abstentions, nine against. The motion as amended is therefore agreed.

NDM6735 - Plaid Cymru debate - Motion as amended: For: 39, Against: 9, Abstain: 4

Motion as amended has been agreed

The next vote is on the UKIP debate on university finance. I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Caroline Jones. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour six, no abstentions, 46 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed.

NDM6731 - UKIP debate - Motion without amendment: For: 6, Against: 46, Abstain: 0

Motion has been rejected

Amendment 1. If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and 3 will be deselected. I call for a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Julie James. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 27, no abstentions, 25 against. Therefore, amendment 1 is agreed.

NDM6731 - UKIP debate - Amendment 1: For: 27, Against: 25, Abstain: 0

Amendment has been agreed

Amendments 2 and 3 deselected.

A vote, therefore, on the motion as amended.

Motion NDM6731 as amended:

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the Welsh Government’s higher education funding review led by Professor Sir Ian Diamond published on 27 September 2016.

2. Notes that the Diamond Review found that living costs were the main barrier to those making the choice about whether to go to university.

3. Welcomes the new student finance package for 2018/19 launched by the Welsh Government which means:

a) students will receive maintenance support equivalent to the National Living Wage—the most generous in the UK;

b) every eligible student can claim a minimum grant of £1,000 that they will not have to pay back; and

c) Wales is the first country in Europe to introduce equivalent maintenance support across full-time and part-time undergraduates. This will be extended to post-graduate students in 2019.

Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 36, no abstentions, 16 against. Therefore, the motion as amended is agreed.

NDM6731 - UKIP debate - Motion as amended: For: 36, Against: 16, Abstain: 0

Motion as amended has been agreed