Meeting Venue:
Conference Room 4B - Tŷ Hywel
Meeting date: 7 October 2025
Meeting time: 08.59 - 09.34
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Names |
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Committee Members: |
Elin Jones MS, Llywydd (Chair) Paul Davies MS Heledd Fychan MS Jane Hutt MS |
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Committee Staff: |
Lisa Griffiths (Clerk) Steffan Lewis (Deputy Clerk) |
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Others in attendance |
David Rees MS, Deputy Presiding Officer Jane Dodds MS Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk Julian Luke, Director of Senedd Business Bethan Davies, Head of Chamber and Committee Service Mark Wyn Jones, Head of Policy and Legislation Committee Service Helen Carey, Welsh Government |
The Llywydd welcomed Members to the meeting.
No apologies were received.
The Minutes of the previous meeting were
agreed for publication.
Tuesday
Wednesday
The Trefnydd informed Business Managers of the following changes to the Three Week Timetable of Government Business:
Tuesday 14 October 2025
·
Legislative Consent Motion: The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error
and Recovery) Bill (15 mins) – postponed until 21 October
The Debate on a Statement: The Outline Draft Budget 2026-27 (90 mins) has been moved from the end of the meeting to the first item after the BSA.
Tuesday 21 October 2025
· The Free-Range Poultrymeat Marketing Standards (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (5 mins)
·
Legislative Consent Motion: The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error
and Recovery) Bill (15 mins)
Business Managers agreed the following changes to the Three Week Timetable of Senedd Business:
Wednesday 22 October 2025 –
Wednesday 5 November 2025 –
Business Managers agreed that for the debate on the cross-committee report on the UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, that:
Business Committee considered the proposed motions for debate on 15 October 2025 and agreed to schedule the following Member debate tabled by Adam Price:
NNDM8884
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a chronic and
disabling illness at all levels of severity.
2. Notes that of those suffering from ME, 25 per cent are
categorised by NICE as 'severe: mainly bed bound or housebound',
and 'very severe: fully bedbound', requiring full-time care and, in
the severest cases, palliative care and tube feeding.
3. Regrets that it is often those with the greatest severity levels
of ME who are provided with the least amount of appropriate care
and treatment.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) respond to the concerns raised in the Coroner in England’s
Prevention of Future Deaths Report, and explain what practical
steps they will take to ensure that no patient in Wales will ever
be placed in such tragic circumstances as those described in the
report;
b) ensure that the Adferiad-funded ME services are making provision
appropriate to the needs of patients with severe and very severe
ME;
c) bring together an expert group of health professionals and
people with lived experience, at a national level, to develop
all-Wales guidance and quality standards on ME, including for the
most severely affected;
d) make the appointment of an all-Wales specialist consultant for
post-infectious chronic conditions – including ME and long
COVID - a priority;
e) improve the training on ME for professionals, firstly in the
NHS, but also in social services and schools: in particular,
raising awareness of the care needs of adults and children with
severe and very severe ME; and
f) ensure that health boards truly co-produce their ME and long
COVID Adferiad services, taking into account the lived experiences
of those suffering at the severest levels and of those caring for
them.
Maeve Boothby O’Neill: Prevention of Future Deaths Report
Business Committee considered an update from the Trefnydd and agreed to:
The Senedd Cymru (Member Accountability and Elections) Bill will be introduced to the Senedd on Monday 3 November 2025.
Business Committee considered the issue and agreed:
a) that the Deputy Presiding Officer would be appointed as Chair,
b) that it be comprised of four Members (2 Welsh Labour, 1 Welsh Conservative and 1 Plaid Cymru), including the chair; and
c) to disapply Standing Order 17.2A – 17.2S relating to the election of a chair; and
Business Managers also agreed to consult with their groups
Business Managers agreed to return to Business
Committee next week with names of Members for the Committee.
Business Managers agreed to schedule a debate
on petition P-06-1538 Protect full stroke services at Bronglais
Hospital; prevent downgrade to Treat and Transfer on Wednesday
22 October.
The Llywydd raised the issue of rules and guidance around voting time following recent examples of Members voting from vehicles or whilst travelling.
The Llywydd invited Business Managers to further consider options around clarifying the guidance and indicated that Business Committee will return to this issue again at its next meeting.
Business Managers agreed to change the membership of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, with a place to be allocated to an Independent Member, in place of a Welsh Conservatives Member.
Business Managers agreed to propose that Russell George MS be elected as a member on the Children, Young People and Education Committee (currently held by Joel James MS) and that this will be added to the agenda for Wednesday 8 October.