Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 1 - Senedd
Meeting date: Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Meeting
time: 09.00 -
09.42
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3943
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Names |
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Assembly Members: |
Mike Hedges AM (Chair) Gareth Bennett AM Janet Finch-Saunders AM Dai Lloyd AM |
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Witnesses: |
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Committee Staff: |
Graeme Francis (Clerk) Kath Thomas (Deputy Clerk) Jessica England (Deputy Clerk) Sam Mason (Legal Adviser) Lisa Salkeld (Legal Adviser) |
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The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the petitioner to seek their views on the information received from the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport.
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to defer its consideration until after the conclusion of scrutiny on the Wales Bill, and consider the detailed views of the petitioner at that stage.
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure to enquire whether a full assessment of the impact of the introduction of the variable speed limit has been carried out, and ask for any findings to be shared with the Committee.
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to ask whether, and how, the petitioners will be able to engage in the development of proposals on local government reform.
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to await the views of the petitioner before deciding what action to take on this issue.
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to await the view of the petitioner, and to write to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to ask what steps are being taken to improve A&E waiting times at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to await the view of the petitioner on the Welsh Government’s response before deciding whether to take further action on this issue.
The Committee considered the latest correspondence from the petitioner and expressed their disappointment, having not received a response to previous correspondence sent to the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Committee agreed to write again to the Health Board seeking:
· their response to the latest comments from the petitioner, and;
· information about access to minor injuries services in the Tywyn area, including outside of Tywyn Hospital’s opening hours.
The Committee considered correspondence from the petitioner and agreed to close the petition given that the petitioner has confirmed that, because the potential changes that were the subject of the petition have not happened, they feel they have reached a successful conclusion on this issue.
The Committee considered correspondence from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee and agreed to await that Committee’s report on hospital catering and patient nutrition, and to seek the views of the petitioner at that point.
The Committee considered the correspondence from the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language and the petitioner and agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner for his engagement. In doing so the Committee agreed to share the offer made by the petitioner to support the development of community language champions with the Welsh Government and One Voice Wales.
The Committee considered the response from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government and agreed to seek further information on how he intends to implement compulsory recording of proceedings.
The Committee considered comments from the petitioner and agreed to close the petition on the basis that the budget for Families First will be maintained for 2017-2018.
The Committee considered correspondence from the petitioner and agreed to share the results of the traffic monitoring scheme with the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, seeking his views and asking if this information could be taken into account as part of ongoing work on the safety of this stretch of road.