Meetings

NDM6110 Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)

The National Assembly for Wales believes:

That the HS2 project should be scrapped and the capital savings used to enhance the existing rail network, including:

(a) fully funding the electrification of the south Wales main line, and the south Wales metro project; and

(b) an extensive upgrading of the north Wales rail network.

The following amendments have been tabled:

Amendment 1. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
 
Delete all and replace with:

1. Recognises the social and economic benefits that HS2 will have for the people of mid and north Wales.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to work constructively with the UK Government and regional transport bodies to ensure services and timetabling are organised to deliver maximum benefits of HS2 to the people of mid and north Wales.

[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and 3 will be de-selected]

Amendment 2. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan):

Delete all and replace with:

1. Recognises the social and economic benefits that HS2 will have for the people of mid and north Wales.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to work constructively with the UK Government and regional transport bodies to ensure services and timetabling are organised to deliver maximum benefits of HS2 to the people of mid and north Wales.

3. Calls on the UK Government to:

(a) publish a timetable for electrification of the south Wales main line to Swansea;

(b) fully fund electrification of the north Wales mainline and south Wales valleys lines;

(c) guarantee all European Union funding planned for the South Wales Metro; and

(d) Begin negotiations to transfer funding and responsibility for rail infrastructure to Welsh Ministers.

[If amendment 2 is agreed, amendment 3 will be de-selected]

Amendment 3. Rhun ap Iowerth (Ynys Môn)

Delete all and replace with:

1. Believes that the HS2 project is an England only infrastructure project and that Wales should receive a Barnett consequential that reflects this.

2. Believes that the funds received as a Barnett consequential should be used to create an effective transport infrastructure that links together all the regions of Wales, and that this should include the following projects:

(a) improving transport connections within Wales; improving links between north and south; and creating regional networks in our main urban areas such as the south Wales metro project and an extensive north Wales metro project;

(b) transport solutions that work for rural Wales and its particular demographic and geographic challenges; and

(c) the electrification of the north and south Wales main railway lines, and extensive upgrading of the broader Welsh rail network.

 

 

The item started at 17.15

Voting on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

A vote was taken on the motion without amendment:

NDM6110 Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)

The National Assembly for Wales believes:

That the HS2 project should be scrapped and the capital savings used to enhance the existing rail network, including:

(a) fully funding the electrification of the south Wales main line, and the south Wales metro project; and

(b) an extensive upgrading of the north Wales rail network.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
6	0	48	54

The motion without amendment was not agreed.

The following amendments were tabled:

Amendment 1. Paul Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Delete all and replace with:

1. Recognises the social and economic benefits that HS2 will have for the people of mid and north Wales.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to work constructively with the UK Government and regional transport bodies to ensure services and timetabling are organised to deliver maximum benefits of HS2 to the people of mid and north Wales.

A vote was taken on Amendment 1:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
10	0	44	54

Amendment 1 was not agreed.

Amendment 2. Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan):

Delete all and replace with:

1. Recognises the social and economic benefits that HS2 will have for the people of mid and north Wales.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to work constructively with the UK Government and regional transport bodies to ensure services and timetabling are organised to deliver maximum benefits of HS2 to the people of mid and north Wales.

3. Calls on the UK Government to:

(a) publish a timetable for electrification of the south Wales main line to Swansea;

(b) fully fund electrification of the north Wales mainline and south Wales valleys lines;

(c) guarantee all European Union funding planned for the South Wales Metro; and

(d) Begin negotiations to transfer funding and responsibility for rail infrastructure to Welsh Ministers.

A vote was taken on Amendment 2:

For	Abstain	Against	Total
38	0	16	54

Amendment 2 was agreed.

As Amendment 2 was agreed, Amendment 3 was de-selected.

A vote was taken on the motion as amended:

NDM6110 Neil Hamilton (Mid and West Wales)

1. Recognises the social and economic benefits that HS2 will have for the people of mid and north Wales.

2. Calls on the Welsh Government to work constructively with the UK Government and regional transport bodies to ensure services and timetabling are organised to deliver maximum benefits of HS2 to the people of mid and north Wales.

3. Calls on the UK Government to:

(a) publish a timetable for electrification of the south Wales main line to Swansea;

(b) fully fund electrification of the north Wales mainline and south Wales valleys lines;

(c) guarantee all European Union funding planned for the South Wales Metro; and

(d) Begin negotiations to transfer funding and responsibility for rail infrastructure to Welsh Ministers.

For	Abstain	Against	Total
46	0	8	54

The motion as amended was agreed.