Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Assembly Members:
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William Powell AM (Chair)
Russell George AM
Bethan Jenkins AM
Joyce Watson AM
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Witnesses:
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Cenric Clement-Evans, Petitioner
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Committee Staff:
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Steve George (Clerk)
Kayleigh Driscoll (Deputy Clerk)
Kath Thomas (Deputy Clerk)
Lisa Salkeld (Legal Adviser)
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1
Introduction, apologies and substitutions
The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting.
There were no apologies.
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2
New petitions
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2.1
P-04-653 Ban the Use of Wild Animals in Circuses in
Wales
Members declared the following relevant
interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
- Joyce Watson is in support of the
petition and may have signed it;
- William Powell is in support;
and
- Bethan Jenkins is also in support
and has signed the petition on the RSPCA website.
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Minister
asking her:
·
to comment on the further views from the petitioner;
·
for more information on the review, including what the timeframe is
likely to be, how the work will be carried out, and what
organisations will be contacted;
·
to comment on whether powers under section 12 of the Animal Welfare
Act 2006 can be used to implement prohibition, if the evidence of
the independent review on use of wild animals in circuses points to
the need for it; and
·
whether she believes that primary legislation would be needed.
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3
Updates to previous petitions
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3.1
P-04-564 Restoration of Inpatient Beds, Minor Injuries Cover and
X-Ray Unit to the Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital
See agreed action under item 3.3.
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3.2
P-04-466 Medical Emergency - Preventing the introduction of a
poorer Health Service for North Wales
See agreed action under item 3.3.
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3.3
P-04-479 Tywyn Memorial Hospital X-ray & Minor Injuries Unit
Petition
William Powell declared the following relevant
interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
William Powell had met the petitioners for
petition P-04-564 (Restoration of Inpatient Beds, Minor Injuries
Cover and X-Ray Unit to the Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital).
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petitions and agreed to:
- as requested by the petitioners for
petition P-04-564, ask the Minister to consider reviewing:
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- the decisions taken by BCUHB, in relation to
the matters of concern to the petitioners, before it was placed in
special measures to ensure that the systemic issues that have since
been identified at the Health Board did not lead to faulty
decisions; and
- the healthcare plans for the Welsh Uplands by
a body such as the Mid Wales Healthcare Collaborative; and
- write to the Health Board to
provide details of the results of their monitoring of access to
local minor injury services in the Welsh Uplands; and
- as requested by the petitioners for
petition P-04-479 (Tywyn Memorial Hospital X-ray & Minor
Injuries Unit), ask the Health Board how they have addressed the
CHC’s recommendation that the Health Board should have a
strategy for accessing an alternate minor injuries service outside
of the opening hours of Tywyn Hospital.
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3.4
P-04-494 Robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy must be
made available to men in Wales now
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition and agreed to await comments from the petitioner on the
correspondence from the Health Board.
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3.5
P-04-603 Helping Babies Born at 22 Weeks to Survive
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition and agreed:
- to seek comments from the petitioner drawing
her attention in particular to the offer to share with her the
content of the final draft of the joint Maternity and Neonatal
document providing guidance to Health Professionals, prior to it
going to the Neonatal Steering Group in November; and
- for assurances from the CMO that she will be
able to have an input into the draft.
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3.6
P-04-630 Facebook Regulations for Looked after Children
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition and agreed to:
·
Close the petition and;
·
In closing the petition, ensure that the Minister is made aware of
the latest correspondence and ask that it is taken into
account.
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3.7
P-04-540 Stop Sexism In Domestic Abuse
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition and agreed to await the views of the petitioner and if no
response is forthcoming in four weeks, close the petition.
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3.8
P-04-631 Save our service- Large Animal Rescue in North
Wales
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition and agreed to:
- await comments from the
petitioner;
- seek a response from the North
Wales Fire and Rescue Authority and the views of the South wales
and Mid and West Wales Authorities also forward them the views of
the RSPCA; and
- make all of them aware of the
RSPCA’s views.
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3.9
P-04-511 Support for children and young people participation
standards
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition and agreed to:
- forward the responses from Children in Wales
and Powys Youth Forum to the Minister for Communities and Tackling
Poverty asking for her views and whether she is satisfied with the
progress that is being made; and
- Ask Children in Wales to respond to the
petitioners’ comments.
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3.10P-04-399 Slaughter
Practices
See agreed action under item 3.11.
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3.11P-04-433 CCTV in
Slaughterhouses
The Committee considered correspondence on the
petition and agreed to:
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draw Animal Aid’s response to the attention of the Deputy
Minister and ask for her comments on their further proposals into
how CCTV footage might be accessed and monitored; and
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ask the Deputy Minister for her views on whether the FAWC’s
recommendation, and her written statement, will have any impact on
the somewhat different issue of slaughter without
pre-stunning.
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4
Evidence Session - P-04-522 Asbestos in Schools
Cenric Clement-Evans answered questions from
the Committee.
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5
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public
from the meeting for the following business:
The motion was agreed.
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6
Consideration of Oral Evidence under Agenda Item 4
Members discussed the evidence session and
agreed to await the proposed oral evidence session with the
Minister for Education and Skills.
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