Decision details
Statement by Kirsty Williams: Introduction of a Member proposed Bill - Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly, Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
An
Assembly Member Bill, introduced by Kirsty
Williams AM. Kirsty Williams AM was successful in a legislative
ballot on 11 December 2013, and given leave to proceed with her Bill
(PDF, 69KB) by the Assembly on 5 March 2014. The Business Committee has
remitted the Bill to the Health and Social Care Committee.
During
Stage 2 proceedings on 25 November 2015, the Health and Social Care Committee
agreed to amend the short title of the Bill from Safe Nurse Staffing Levels
(Wales) Bill to Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill (amendment 35).
About
the Bill
The stated purpose of the Bill is to require health
service bodies to make provision for safe nurse staffing levels, and to ensure
that nurses are deployed in sufficient numbers to:
- enable the provision of safe
nursing care to patients at all times;
- improve working conditions for
nursing and other staff; and
- strengthen accountability for
the safety, quality and efficacy of workforce planning and management.
Further detail about the Bill can be found in its
accompanying Explanatory
Memorandum (PDF,
981KB).
Current
Stage
The
Nurse
Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 became law in Wales on 21 March 2016.
Record
of Passage in the National Assembly for Wales
The
following table sets out the dates for each stage of the Bill’s passage through
the National Assembly for Wales.
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Stage |
Documents |
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Bill introduced: 1 December 2014 |
Safe
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill, (PDF, 69KB) as introduced Explanatory
Memorandum (PDF, 981KB) Presiding
Officer’s Statement: 1 December 2014 (PDF, 115KB) Business
Committee reports on the timetable for consideration of the Bill: Report
of 1 December 2014 (PDF,
47KB) Report
of 5 March 2015 (PDF, 57KB) Report
of 16 July 2015 (PDF, 103KB) Plenary statement:
Introduction of the Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill: 3 December 2014 Legislative
Glossary - Safe Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill (PDF, 132KB) (Welsh
language version only) Research
Service Bill Summary (PDF, 310KB) |
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Stage 1: Committee
considerations of general principles |
The
Committee issued a call for evidence, which closed on 22 January 2015. Committee dates The
Health and Social Care Committee
considered the Bill on the following dates:
The
Constitutional and Legislative
Affairs Committee considered the Bill on the following date:
The
Finance Committee considered the Bill on the following date:
Committee
reports Health
and Social Care Committee Stage 1 report (PDF, 933KB) Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee report (PDF, 313KB) |
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Stage 1: Debate in Plenary on
general principles |
A
debate took place in Plenary on 3 June 2015. The
motion to agree the general principles of the Bill was agreed. |
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Financial
Resolution |
A
Financial Resolution was agreed in Plenary on 3 November 2015. The
Health and Social Care Committee received the following correspondence
regarding the financial resolution:
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Stage 2: Committee consideration
of amendments |
Stage
2 began on 4 June 2015. The Health and Social Care Committee agreed on Thursday 19 November 2015 under Standing Order 26.21, that the order of consideration for Stage 2 proceedings will be: Sections 2 - 5; Section 1; Long title. Stage 2 consideration took place in Committee on Wednesday 25 November 2015. Marshalled list of amendments: 25 November 2015 (PDF, 156KB) Groupings of amendments: 25 November 2015 (PDF, 90KB) Concise minutes: 25 November 2015 Notice
of amendments Notice
of Amendments: 24 June 2015 (PDF, 75KB) Notice
of Amendments: 1 July 2015 (PDF, 53KB) Notice
of Amendments: 11 September 2015 v2 (PDF, 111KB) Welsh Government - Purpose and effect table: 11 September 2015 v2 (PDF, 159 KB) Notice
of Amendments: 16 November 2015 v3 (PDF, 89KB) Notice
of Amendments: 18 November 2015 (PDF, 65KB) Combined notice of amendments - 19 November 2015 (PDF, 151KB) As
the Notices of Amendments of 16 and 18 November contain a number of
amendments to Mark Drakeford AM’s amendment 29, a line-numbered
copy of amendment 29 (PDF, 76KB) has been produced to aid proceedings. Nurse
Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill: as amended at Stage 2 (PDF, 69KB) (Amendments
to the Bill since the previous version are indicated by sidelining in the
right margin.) Explanatory Memorandum revised after Stage 2 (PDF, 1MB) Printing changes to the Bill as amended at Stage 2 (PDF, 118KB) The Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill – Summary of changes at Stage 2 |
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Stage 3: Plenary consideration
of amendments |
Stage 3 consideration and disposal of amendments
took place in in
Plenary on 3 February 2016. Nurse
Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill (as amended at Stage 3) (PDF, 73KB) (Amendments
to the Bill since the previous version are indicated by sidelining in the
right margin.) Amendments considered at
Stage 3 Marshalled
list of amendments - 3 February 2016 (PDF, 106KB) Groupings
of amendments – 3 February 2016 (PDF, 60KB) Notices of amendments Notice
of amendments: 8 December 2015 (PDF, 63KB) Notice
of amendments: 6 January 2016 (v2) (PDF, 85KB) Notice
of amendments: 11 January 2016 (v2) (PDF, 67KB) Welsh
Government - Purpose and effect table: 11 January 2016 (PDF, 132KB) Notice
of Amendments: 12 January 2016 (v2) (PDF, 61KB) Notice
of Amendments: 25 January 2016 (PDF, 60KB) Welsh
Government - Purpose and effect table: 25 January 2016 (PDF, 87KB) Notice
of Amendments: 26 January 2016 (v2) (PDF, 57KB) Combined
Notices of Amendments: 8 December 2015 to 26 January 2016 (PDF, 106KB) Printing
changes to the Bill as amended at Stage 3 (PDF, 118KB) |
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Stage 4: Passing of the Bill in
Plenary |
The Bill was agreed by the Assembly in accordance
with SO 12.36 on 10
February 2016. Nurse
Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill, as passed (PDF, 71KB) Printing
changes to the Bill as passed (PDF, 115KB) Nursing
Staffing Levels (Wales) Bill, as passed (Crown XML) |
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Post-stage 4 |
The
four week period of intimation has ended. The
Attorney
General (PDF, 205KB), Counsel
General (PDF, 179KB) and Secretary
of State for Wales (PDF, 237KB) wrote to the Chief Executive and Clerk of
the Assembly to advise that they would not be referring the Nurse Staffing
Levels (Wales) Bill to the Supreme Court under Sections 112 or 114 of the
Government of Wales Act 2006. |
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Date of Royal Assent |
Royal
Assent [PDF, 197KB] was given on 21 March 2016. |
Contact
information
This bill has been remitted to the Health and Social Care Committee
Clerk:
Llinos
Madeley
Phone: 0300 200 6565
E-mail: SeneddHealth@Assembly.Wales
Decision:
The item started at 14.30
Publication date: 03/12/2014
Date of decision: 03/12/2014
Decided at meeting: 03/12/2014 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly