Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 3 - Senedd
Meeting date: Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Meeting time: 09.01 - 11.26
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4621
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Category |
Names |
Assembly Members: |
Simon Thomas AM (Chair) Neil Hamilton AM Mike Hedges AM Jane Hutt AM Nick Ramsay AM David Rees AM |
Witnesses: |
Kate Cubbage, Carers Trust Wales Victoria Lloyd, Director of Influencing and Programme Development, Age Cymru Mary Wimbury, Care Forum Wales Mario Kreft, Care Forum Wales Sanjiv Joshi, Care Forum Wales |
Committee Staff: |
Bethan Davies (Clerk) Katherine Thomas (Deputy Clerk) Martin Jennings (Researcher) Joanne McCarthy (Researcher) Christian Tipples (Researcher) Ben Harris (Legal Adviser) |
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.
1.2 Apologies were received from Steffan Lewis AM and Sarah Rochira, Old People’s Commissioner for Wales.
2.1 The Committee took evidence from Victoria Lloyd, Interim CEO, Age Cymru; and Kate Cubbage, Senior External Affairs Manager, Carers Trust Wales on its inquiry into the cost of caring for an ageing population.
2.2 Carers Trust Wales agreed to provide further details on:
· the changes to commissioning services resulting from greater complexities of need; and
· the loss of respite beds.
3.1 The Committee took evidence from Mary Wimbury, Chief Executive, Care Forum Wales; Mario Kreft, Chair, Care Forum Wales; and Sanjiv Joshi, Board Member, Care Forum Wales on its inquiry into the cost of caring for an ageing population.
3.2 Care Forum Wales agreed to provide a copy of a recent Knight Frank report.
4.1 Apologies were received from Sarah Rochira, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales. The evidence session will be rescheduled for a future meeting.
5.1 The motion was agreed.
6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
7.1 The Committee considered its forward work programme for the summer term.
8.1 The Committee considered a scoping paper on a legislative budget process and agreed to undertake an inquiry.
9.1 The Committee considered the statutory instruments and agreed to report.