Concise Minutes - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 4, Ty Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 19 March 2026

Meeting time: 09.30 - 10.20
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/16005


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Peter Fox MS (Chair)

Joyce Watson MS

John Griffiths MS

Lesley Griffiths MS

Witnesses:

 

Committee Staff:

Sarah Beasley (Clerk)

Claire Morris (Second Clerk)

Karen Williams (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Mabon ap Gwynfor MS and James Evans MS.

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2       Papers to note

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2.1   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care following the General Scrutiny Session on 4 February 2026.

2.1.1 The Committee noted the letter.

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2.2   Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs regarding the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee.

2.2.1 The Committee noted the letter.

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2.3   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding the appointment of the Chair of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

2.3.1 The Committee noted the letter.

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2.4   Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No 4) Tobacco and Vapes Bill

2.4.1 The Committee noted the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum.

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2.5   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health & Social Care regarding the re-appointment of the Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board.

2.5.1 The Committee noted the letter.

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2.6   Letter from the Petitions Committee re Petition P-06-1570 Introduce Martha's Law in Wales to guarantee patients' and families' right to a second opinion.

2.6.1 The Committee noted the letter.

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2.7   Welsh Government response to the Committee's follow-up inquiry into gynaecological cancers

2.7.1 The Committee noted the Welsh Government’s response.

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

3.1 The Committee agreed the notion.

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4       Committee Legacy: consideration of draft legacy report

4.1 The Committee considered the draft report, and resolved to agree any further amendments by email.

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