National Assembly for Wales

Business Committee

July 2015

 

 


Revised timetable for consideration of the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill

1.    On 1 December 2014, the Business Committee laid a report, in accordance with Standing Order 26.7, setting out a deadline of 10 April 2015 for the Health and Social Care Committee to consider and report on the general principles of the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill and a deadline of 5 June to complete Stage 2 proceedings.

2.    On 3 March 2015, in response to request from the Health and Social Care Committee, the Business Committee agreed to lay a revised timetable, amending the deadline for the Committee to report on the general principles of the Bill to 8 May 2015 and amending the deadline to complete Stage 2 proceedings to 17 July 2015.

3.    The General Principles of the Bill were agreed in Plenary on 3 June 2015, but the Financial Resolution motion is yet to be tabled. As a result, on 14 July 2015, in response to a further request from the Health and Social Care Committee, the Business Committee agreed to lay a revised timetable amending the deadline to complete Stage 2 proceedings to 11 December 2015.