NDM7055 Welsh Conservatives debate - The Economy
NDM7055 Welsh Conservatives debate - The Economy
NDM7055 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the Welsh Government’s failure to realise Wales’s economic potential over
the past 20 years.
2.
Does not believe that the Welsh Government’s Prosperity for All: Economic
Action Plan is sufficiently ambitious to deliver significant improvement in the
Welsh economy.
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to take further action to improve the economy,
including:
a)
simplifying and improving access to business support;
b)
ensuring policy is aligned with an effective industrial strategy;
c)
reforming public procurement to support SMEs;
d)
upskilling and re-skilling the workforce to take advantage of new
opportunities; and
e)
improving infrastructure.
Prosperity for
All: Economic Action Plan
The
following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment
1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower
Delete
all and replace with:
1.
Notes the actions taken by the Welsh Government to support the economy of Wales
over the last twenty years which have helped lead to:
a)
300,000 more people in work in Wales since 1999;
b)
economic inactivity rates now broadly comparable with the UK average for the
first time in history;
c)
the proportion of working-age people with no qualifications more than halving
since 1999;
d)
the proportion of working age people with higher education qualifications
increasing from around one-in-five people to more than one-in-three since
devolution;
e)
the numbers of active enterprises in Wales the highest on record.
2.
Notes the Welsh Government’s plans to drive inclusive growth through the
Economic Action Plan including the new Economic Contract, major infrastructure
investment such as the new £5bn rail franchise and metro as well as the new
£1bn Development Bank of Wales.
3.
Recognises many of the economic concerns expressed in the EU referendum and the
Welsh Government’s focus since publication of the Economic Action Plan in 2017
on nurturing the foundational economy as a driver for inclusive growth.
4.
Recognises the fundamental importance of fair work to Wales’s future and the
Welsh Government’s commitment to work in social partnership to make Wales a
fair work nation.
5.
Regrets the lack of UK Government investment in Wales over the last decade as
well as cancelled rail electrification, rejection of tidal lagoon plans and
failure to secure Wylfa project investment.
Amendment
2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to:
a)
convene a national economic summit to discuss with key stakeholders and
industry the future of the economy; and
b)
legislate for a regional renewal bill, that will impose upon government the
requirement to consider regional fairness and equality in its expenditure
decisions.
Amendment
3 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Expresses
concern for the future of the Welsh economy post-Brexit.
Amendment
4 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Notes
the failure of the UK Government to deliver detailed proposals or consult upon
a new post-Brexit Shared Prosperity Fund to replace EU funding, given its place
as a key component of the Welsh economy.
Business type: Debate
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 08/06/2021
Decision due: 22 May 2019 by Plenary - Fifth Senedd
Lead member: Darren Millar MS