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Health and Social Care Committee |
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Committee Room 1 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 16 January 2013 |
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Meeting time: |
09:05 - 11:58 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Mark Drakeford (Chair) Gwyn R Price (In place of Mick Antoniw) Rebecca Evans William Graham Elin Jones Darren Millar Lynne Neagle |
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Witnesses: |
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Nick Starling, Association of British Insurers Dominic Clayden, Association of British Insurers Fay Glasspool, Association of British Insurers Simon Cradick, Forum of Insurance Lawyers Michael Imperato, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL Wales) Sam Ellis, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL Wales) Simon Jones, Marie Curie Hospice |
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Committee Staff: |
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Steve George (Clerk) Olga Lewis (Deputy Clerk) Fay Buckle (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Advisor) Robin Wilkinson (Researcher) Stephen Boyce (Researcher) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 Apologies were received from Kirsty Williams and Lindsay Whittle. Gwyn R Price substituted for Mick Antoniw and Jenny Rathbone substituted for Vaughan Gething.
2. Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence Session 4
2.1 The Committee took evidence from the representatives of the Association for British Insurers.
2.2 The Chair asked that a copy of the letter that he had received from the Law Commission should be made available to the witnesses.
2.3 The Committee agreed that it would be helpful to have a paper from the Research Service on the 2002 Department of Health Consultation to which the witnesses had referred.
3. Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence Session 5
3.1 The Committee took evidence from the representatives of the Forum of Insurance lawyers
4. Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence Session 6
4.1 The Committee took evidence from the representatives of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL Wales).
5. Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence Session 7
5.1 The Committee took evidence from the representatives of Marie Curie Cancer Care.
6. Papers to note
6.1 The Committee approved the minutes of the meeting held on 10 January 2013.
7. Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
7.1 The Committee resolved, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), to meet in private for item 8.
8. Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Bill: Consideration of Expert Advisers
8.1 Members requested additional time to consider the policy candidates but agreed that a formal approach could be made to their preferred legal candidate.
Transcript
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