Concise Minutes - Health and Social Care Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: 23 September 2015

Meeting time: 09.20 - 11.31
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3230

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	David Rees AM (Chair) Alun Davies AM Altaf Hussain AM Elin Jones AM Darren Millar AM Gwyn R Price AM Lindsay Whittle AM
Witnesses:	Katherine Devlin, Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association Tom Pruen, Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association Edward Woodall, Association of Convenience Stores
Committee Staff:	Llinos Madeley (Clerk) Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk) Sian Giddins (Deputy Clerk) Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser) Philippa Watkins (Researcher) Elisabeth Jones (Legal Adviser)

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1 Public Health (Wales) Bill: briefing from Legal Services

1.1 Members received a briefing from Legal Services on the Public Health (Wales) Bill.

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2 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

2.1 Apologies were received from John Griffiths, Kirsty Williams and Lynne Neagle.

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3 Public Health (Wales) Bill: evidence session 11

3.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

3.2 The witnesses agreed to provide the Committee with evidence from a smoking cessation service in England regarding the use of vaping products alongside prescribed products as a means of reducing nicotine consumption.

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4 Public Health (Wales) Bill: evidence session 12

4.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

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5 Paper to note

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5.1 Draft Wales Bill: correspondence from the Presiding Officer

5.1a The Committee noted the correspondence.

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5.2 Public Health (Wales) Bill: results of the Committee's survey

5.2a The Committee noted the survey results.

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6 Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and item 1 of the meeting on 1 October 2015

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7 Public Health (Wales) Bill: consideration of evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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