Agenda - Health and Social Care Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 3, Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 22 January 2026

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Sarah Beasley

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHealth@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

(9.00-9.30)

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Public meeting

(9.30-11.00)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(9.30)                                                                                                               

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2       Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with the Minister for Children and Social Care

(9.30-11.00)                                                                               (Pages 1 - 34)

Dawn Bowden MS, Minister for Children and Social Care

Alistair Davey, Deputy Director Social Services Enabling

Denise Moultrie, Head of Domiciliary Care and Unpaid Carers’ Policy

 

Research brief

Paper 1: Welsh Government evidence submission

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3       Papers to note

(11.00)                                                                                                             

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3.1   Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs regarding the most recent meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee

                                                                                                           (Page 35)

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3.2   Letter from the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing regarding the Food Supplements (Magnesium L-threonate monohydrate) (Wales) Regulations 2026

                                                                                                 (Pages 36 - 37)

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3.3   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health & Social Care regarding the appointment of the Chair of the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust

                                                                                                           (Page 38)

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

(11.00)                                                                                                             

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Private Meeting

(11.00-11.30)

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5       Improving access to support for unpaid carers: consideration of evidence and key issues for draft report

(11.00-11.30)                                                                                                  

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