NDM7414 - Government Debate
Tabled on 29/09/2020 | For debate on 06/10/2020To propose that the Senedd:
1. Supports wholeheartedly:
a) the global fight to root out racism and racist ideology and strive towards a more equal Wales, tackling systemic and structural race inequality; and
b) the principles of the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
2. Calls for an update from the Senedd Commission on the development of a cross-party Welsh declaration embodying the principles of the CERD.
3. Welcomes the diligent work of the BAME COVID-19 Advisory group, co-chaired by Judge Ray Singh and Dr Heather Payne, of the Risk Assessment Sub Group chaired by Professor Keshav Singhal and the Socioeconomic Subgroup chaired by Professor Emmanuel Ogbonna and calls on the Welsh Government to ensure Professor Ogbonna’s report's recommendations are implemented in full and at pace.
4. Recognises the need for a Race Equality Action Plan for Wales to address structural and systemic inequality, and advance opportunity for black, Asian and minority ethnic people in Wales.
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
First Minister's BAME COVID-19 Advisory Group: Report of the Socioeconomic Subgroup
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Recognises the need to update the equality impact assessments to focus on the race equality action plan and promote again a more diverse pool of decision makers that represent black, Asian and minority ethnic people in Wales.
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Calls for a review on the implementation of the Lammy Review recommendations in Welsh prisons and the criminal justice system in Wales.
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Calls on the Welsh Government to urge the UK Government to add a module on race and class to the Grenfell Tower inquiry.
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Notes the racial discrimination experienced by those in Wales affected by the Windrush scandal and calls on the UK Government to speed up compensation to these people.
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To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes and welcomes that race relations in Wales and the United Kingdom have improved substantially over the past five decades.
2. Rejects wholeheartedly any suggestion that the people of Wales are racist.
3. Rejects wholeheartedly that there is systemic and structural race inequality in Wales and the United Kingdom.
4. Believes that politically motivated anti-racist groups, such as Black Lives Matter, and BAME advisory groups with an overwhelmingly left-wing, self-selecting membership, are destructive of good race relations in the United Kingdom and Wales.
