Voting time now proceeds. Unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung, I will proceed directly to the vote. The first vote is on the Welsh Conservatives’ debate on school standards. I call, therefore, for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 16, no abstentions, 35 against, therefore the motion is not agreed.

NDM6776 - Welsh Conservatives debate: For: 16, Against: 35, Abstain: 0

Motion has been rejected

The next vote is on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Julie James. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 29, no abstentions, 23 against, therefore amendment 1 is agreed.

NDM6776 - Welsh Conservatives debate - Amendment 1: For: 29, Against: 23, Abstain: 0

Amendment has been agreed

Amendment 2—I call for a vote on amendment 2, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 50, no abstentions and two against, therefore amendment 2 is agreed.

NDM6776 - Welsh Conservatives debate - Amendment 2: For: 50, Against: 2, Abstain: 0

Amendment has been agreed

Amendment 3—I call for a vote on amendment 3, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 50, no abstentions and one against, therefore amendment 3 is agreed.

NDM6776 - Welsh Conservatives debate - Amendment 3: For: 50, Against: 1, Abstain: 0

Amendment has been agreed

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

Motion NDM6776 as amended:

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1.   Welcomes:

a.    that the proportion of pupils being awarded top grades at A*-A in GCSE and A-levels has increased;

b.    an increase of 50 per cent in the number of entries for GCSE Science, with more entries gaining A*-C;

c.    an increase in A*-C in GCSE Mathematics and Mathematics-Numeracy when recognising best outcome obtained by 16-year-olds across November and summer series; and

d.    that 76.3 per cent of A-Level pupils gained A*-C, the highest since 2009.  

2.   Notes:

a.   Qualification Wales’s warning that with the scale and complexity of recent changes, care should be taken when drawing any conclusions from comparing summer 2018 GCSE results and previous years but overall performance remains broadly stable;

b.   that the OECD reported progress in several policy areas and a shift in the Welsh approach to school improvement away from a piecemeal and short-term policy orientation towards one that is guided by a long-term vision; and

c.   the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ conclusion that school spending per pupil has fallen by more in England than in Wales over the last eight years, virtually eliminating the gap in spending per pupil between the two countries.

3.   Calls on the Welsh Government to provide enough investment in education to ensure that the whole education workforce receives sufficient training of a high standard.

4.   Calls on the Welsh Government to provide enough investment in education to ensure that the pay and conditions on the whole education workforce attracts a highly skilled workforce.

Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 35, no abstentions, 16 against, therefore the motion as amended is agreed.

NDM6776 - Welsh Conservatives debate - Motion as amended: For: 35, Against: 16, Abstain: 0

Motion as amended has been agreed

The next vote is on the UKIP debate on upland livestock, and I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Gareth Bennett. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour four, no abstentions, 48 against, therefore the motion is not agreed.

NDM6779 - UKIP Debate: For: 4, Against: 48, 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 Paul Davies. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 13, no abstentions, 39 against, therefore amendment 1 is not agreed.

NDM6779 - UKIP Debate - Amendment 1: For: 13, Against: 39, Abstain: 0

Amendment has been rejected

Amendment 2. If amendment 2 is agreed, amendment 3 will be deselected. I call for a vote on amendment 2, tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour six, one abstention, 45 against. Therefore, amendment 2 is not agreed.

NDM6779 - UKIP Debate - Amendment 2: For: 6, Against: 45, Abstain: 1

Amendment has been rejected

Amendment 3, therefore. I call for a vote on amendment 3, tabled in the name of Julie James. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 30, no abstentions, 22 against. Therefore, amendment 3 is agreed.

NDM6779 - UKIP Debate - Amendment 3: For: 30, Against: 22, Abstain: 0

Amendment has been agreed

The final vote, therefore, on the motion as amended. Open the vote. 

Motion NDM6779 as amended:

The National Assembly for Wales:

1. Believes the result of the Brexit referendum and resulting trade challenges for Welsh upland agriculture mean we must look to the future, not the past, in developing a new model of support for land managers.

2. Notes the results of various scenario planning exercises for post-Brexit agriculture in Wales, all of which predict a difficult future for sheep farming in the uplands should the UK leave the single market and customs union.

3. Supports the Welsh Government’s intention to create a programme, to include upland farmers, addressing the issues noted above with two large and flexible schemes: an Economic Resilience scheme and a Public Goods scheme.

Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 30, no abstentions, 22 against. Therefore, the motion as amended is agreed.

NDM6779 - UKIP Debate - Motion as amended: For: 30, Against: 22, Abstain: 0

Motion as amended has been agreed

The Deputy Presiding Officer took the Chair.