Concise Minutes - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 5 and

Conference Room B, Ty Hywel

Meeting date: 19 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.00 - 09.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15423


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Peter Fox MS (Chair)

James Evans MS

John Griffiths MS

Lesley Griffiths MS

Joyce Watson MS

Sioned Williams MS (In place of Mabon ap Gwynfor MS)

Witnesses:

 

Committee Staff:

Sarah Beasley (Clerk)

Claire Morris (Second Clerk)

Karen Williams (Deputy Clerk)

Masudah Ali (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received from Mabon ap Gwynfor MS, and Sioned Williams MS attended in his place.

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

2.1        The Committee agreed the motion.

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3       Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3): Tobacco and Vapes Bill

3.1 The Committee considered the Legal Advice Note on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum No.3 for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

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4       NHS Wales Waiting times monitoring report

4.1 The Committee discussed the report.

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5       Improving access to support for unpaid carers: engagement findings

5.1 The Committee discussed the report findings.

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