That brings us to voting time. Unless three Members wish for the bell to be rung, I will move immediately to the vote. So, I call for a vote on item 7. That's our first vote this evening. I call for a vote on the motion, tabled in the name of Siân Gwenllian. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 11, no abstentions and 38 against. Therefore, the motion is not agreed.

Item 7—Plaid Cymru Debate. Motion without amendment, tabled in the name of Siân Gwenllian: For: 11, Against: 38, Abstain: 0

Motion has been rejected

The next vote is on amendment 1. If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be deselected. I call for a vote on amendment 1, tabled in the name of Lesley Griffiths. Open the vote. Close the vote. The vote is tied: 25 in favour, 25 against, and no abstentions. Therefore, I exercise my casting vote against amendment 1. The result of the vote, therefore, is that there were 25 in favour, no abstentions, 26 against, and therefore the amendment is not agreed.

Item 7—Plaid Cymru Debate. Amendment 1, tabled in the name of Lesley Griffiths: For: 25, Against: 25, 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 call for a vote on amendment 2, tabled in the name of Darren Millar. Open the vote. Close the vote. In favour 39, no abstentions, 11 against. Therefore, amendment 2 is agreed.

Item 7—Plaid Cymru Debate. Amendment 2, tabled in the name of Darren Millar: For: 39, Against: 11, Abstain: 0

Amendment has been agreed

Amendment 3 is next. Amendment 3, again, is in the name of Darren Millar. Open the vote on amendment 3. The vote, once again, is tied with 25 in favour, 25 against. I use my casting vote against the amendment. 

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I've closed the vote.

My screen said that I had permission to vote and that the vote hadn't been closed when you called the result of the vote. Does that mean that my vote wasn't recorded?

I will pause on that and check, but I think your vote will have been passed. Yes, we can confirm to you, Alun Davies, that your vote was cast and has been recorded. The final vote, then, after my casting vote, was: in favour of amendment 3 25, nobody abstaining, and against 26. So, amendment 3 falls.

Item 7—Plaid Cymru Debate. Amendment 3, tabled in the name of Darren Millar: For: 25, Against: 25, 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

We will now take a vote on the motion, as amended by amendment 2. 

Motion NDM8091 as amended:

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes that rising rents are adding to pressures on households across Wales as the cost-of-living crisis escalates further.

2. Notes that Wales’s average rental values have increased to £926 per month in June 2022, up by 15.1 per cent compared to June 2021.

3. Notes the increased numbers on social housing waiting lists, and the lack of social housing stock.

4. Notes that in the event of an eviction there is a lack of appropriate housing provision and people face homelessness.

5. Believes that tenants must be protected as a matter of urgency this winter.

6. Notes the spiralling cost of temporary accommodation spend for local authorities.

Open the vote. Close vote. In favour 39, no abstentions, 11 against, and therefore the motion as amended is agreed.

Item 7—Plaid Cymru Debate. Motion as amended: For: 39, Against: 11, Abstain: 0

Motion as amended has been agreed

That concludes voting time for today.