Well, I intend now, Members, to proceed to voting time. And the first vote this afternoon is on the Welsh Conservative debate on Welsh Government performance, and I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Darren Millar. If the proposal is not agreed to, we vote on the amendment tabled to the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 12, five abstentions, 25 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed.

NDM6892 - Welsh Conservatives Debate - Motion without amendment: For: 12, Against: 25, Abstain: 5

Motion has been rejected

And I call for a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Julie James. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amendment 25, five abstentions, 12 against. Therefore, amendment 1 is agreed.

NDM6892 - Welsh Conservatives Debate - Amendment 1: For: 25, Against: 12, Abstain: 5

Amendment has been agreed

I call for a vote on the motion as amended.

Motion NDM6892 as amended:

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Recognises:

a) Almost nine out of 10 people are treated within the target time of 26 weeks

b) Investment in the Welsh NHS is at record levels

c) More people are surviving cancer than ever in Wales and receiving treatment within the target time

d) The proportion of pupils awarded the top GCSE grades at A* to A increased to 18.5% in 2018

e) 8.7% of pupils were awarded A* at A-level in 2018—the best results in Wales since the grade was introduced in 2010

f) Gross disposable household income in 2016 was £15,835 per person, equivalent to 81.5% of the UK GDHI, up from 2015

g) Gross weekly earnings in 2018 for full-time employees working in Wales have increased by 2.1% since 2017

h) 1.5m people were employed in Wales in the three months to September 2018, up 4.2% on the same period a year earlier—the largest increase of any UK country or region

i) Three-quarters of small business in Wales receive help with rates bills and half pay no non-domestics rates at all

j) 20,000 new affordable homes will be built with Welsh Government funding this Assembly term.

2. Thanks the First Minister for his leadership and his work during his nine years in office.

Open the vote. Close the vote. For the amended motion 25, five abstentions, 12 against. Therefore, the amended motion is agreed.

NDM6892 - Welsh Conservatives Debate - Motion as amended: For: 25, Against: 12, Abstain: 5

Motion as amended has been agreed

Before we move to the debate on Stage 3 of the the Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill, I intend to suspend proceedings for 10 minutes. The bell will be rung five minutes before we reconvene, and I would encourage Members to return to the Chamber promptly. Thank you.

Plenary was suspended at 16:49.

The Assembly reconvened at 17:00, with the Llywydd in the Chair.