8. Voting Time

Part of the debate – in the Senedd on 25 September 2019.

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(Translated)

Motion NDM7141 as amended:

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Supports Wales’s membership of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its indefinite continuance, but believes that radical reform is needed of the way in which inter-governmental relations between the devolved nations and the UK Government are conducted.

2. Notes that Wales, like the United Kingdom as a whole, voted to leave the European Union, but believes that, given the experience of the last three years, securing a brighter future for Wales depends on the UK remaining in the EU.

3. Supports further devolution in specific areas which would benefit Wales and where other parts of the United Kingdom benefit from such devolution, such as policing and justice and rail and air passenger duty.

4. Notes the past involvement of the European Union under Articles 154 to 156 of the Treaty of Rome with respect to trans-European networks, including the M4 and A55.

5. Calls on the UK Government to:

a) step up its commitment to investing in infrastructure in Wales such as the electrification of the rail mainlines in south and north Wales and investment in tidal power in Wales, which is its responsibility;

b) provide full replacement funding, free of UK Government interference in how it should be best used, for the European funding Wales will lose if the UK leaves the EU.