Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:30 - 12:17

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_300000_27_02_2013&t=2604&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Ann Jones (Chair)

Peter Black

Janet Finch-Saunders

Mike Hedges

Mark Isherwood

Gwyn R Price

Ken Skates

Rhodri Glyn Thomas

Joyce Watson

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Neil Abraham, College of Occupational Therapists

Nigel Appleton, Academic

Ruth Crowder, College of Occupational Therapists

Helene Mars, College of Occupational Therapists

Julian Pike, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Owain Roberts, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Sarah Rochira, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

Jonathan Willis, Carmarthenshire County Council

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk)

Jonathan Baxter (Researcher)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1        The Chair welcomed the Members, witnesses and members of the public to the meeting.

1.1        Apologies were received from Lindsay Whittle, there were no substitutions.

 

 

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2.  Inquiry into Home Adaptations - Evidence session 1

 

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3.  Inquiry into Home Adaptations - Evidence session 2

3.1 The witnesses agreed to provide a note to the Committee on the Performance Indicator monitoring process across Wales and how it could be improved.

 

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4.  Inquiry into Home Adaptations - Evidence session 3

4.1 The Commissioner agreed to provide a note on what can be done to address discrepancies between tenures and is there a need to introduce a single adaptations system that applies across Wales and across tenures.

4.2 The Commissioner agreed to provide the Committee with the correspondence received from the letters referred to in her paper.

 

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5.  Inquiry into Home Adaptations - Evidence session 4

 

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6.  Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

6.1 Motion agreed.

 

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7.  Regulated Mobile Home Sites (Wales) Bill

7.1 Members agreed the draft letter subject to a minor amendment.

 

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