Concise Minutes - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 3, Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 27 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.15
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15668


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Peter Fox MS (Chair)

Mabon ap Gwynfor MS

James Evans MS

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Jeremy Miles MS, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Dawn Bowden MS, Minister for Children and Social Care

Committee Staff:

Sarah Beasley (Clerk)

Karen Williams (Deputy Clerk)

Amy Clifton (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest.

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Lesley Griffiths MS.

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2       Welsh Government draft budget 2026-27: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care; the Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care; the Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.

 

2.2 The Minister agreed to provide the Committee with the following;

 

-       data on vacancy numbers in the social care sector across Wales.

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3       Paper(s) to note

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3.1   Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs regarding annual reports from the Independent Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat

3.1.1 The Committee noted the letter.

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3.2   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education to update on the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Maintained Primary Schools) (Wales) Regulations 2025

3.2.1 The Committee noted the letter.

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3.3   Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to the draft of the Health Impact Assessment (Wales) Regulations 2025

3.3.1 The Committee noted the response.

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3.4   Letter to HEIW and Swansea Bay University Health Board regarding Band 5 adult nursing positions within Swansea Bay Health Board

3.4.1 The Committee noted the letter.

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting.

4.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

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5       Welsh Government draft budget 2026-27: consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed areas for inclusion in the report.

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