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Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Tuesday, 22 January 2013 |
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Meeting time: |
09:08 - 11:00 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Mark Drakeford Vaughan Gething Elin Jones Darren Millar Lynne Neagle Nick Ramsay (Chair) Alun Ffred Jones Eluned Parrott David Rees Ken Skates |
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Witnesses: |
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Clare Hudson, BBC Cymru Wales Dr Jean King, Cancer Research UK Delyth Lloyd, British Heart Foundation Sion Clwyd Roberts, Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (Welsh Independent Producers) Felicity Waters, ASH Wales |
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Committee Staff: |
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Lara Date (Clerk) Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor) Marc Wyn Jones (Deputy Clerk) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed members of the Health and Social Care and Enterprise and Business sub-committees to the meeting.
1.1 Apologies for absence were received from Darren Millar, whose arrival had been delayed due to his attendance at a Business Committee meeting.
1.2 Apologies for absence were also received from representatives of PACT, who had been due to give evidence under Item 2, but were unable to attend.
2. The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence session 1
2.1 The committee took evidence from the representatives of BBC Wales and TAC.
2.2 The witnesses agreed to provide further information on costs associated with the regulations, including: the cost of relocating BBC productions to England to record dramatic scenes in which actors were smoking; the cost arising from productions deciding not to locate in Wales as a result of the lack of an exemption in the legislation; and more detail on the cost of simulating smoking using CGI technology.
3. The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence Session 2
3.1 The committee took evidence from the representatives of Ash Wales, the British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK.
3.2 The committee agreed to seek further information on the impact on the film and television industries in Scotland and Northern Ireland of the prevention of smoking on film and television sets.
Transcript
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