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Forward work programme – Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

 

 

Meeting: 10/03/2025 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 3)

3 Consideration of the Module 1 Motion Draft Report

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The Committee considered the draft report and agreed to make further amendments.

Meeting: 17/02/2025 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 5)

Discussion and next steps

Minutes:

The Committee considered and agreed its next steps.

Meeting: 14/10/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 4)

4 Consideration of Module 1 Report and discussion on the Committee’s approach to scrutiny and ways of working

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Minutes:

The Committee considered its work plan and scrutiny of Module 1 and agreed:

 

  • That its regular fortnightly Committee meeting slot would start at 2:00pm (with the flexibility to vary the start time, if required)
  • As part of its scrutiny of Module 1, the Committee will undertake a public consultation, stakeholder engagement event and oral evidence sessions
  • To meet with the members of the Covid Committee Observation Group
  • To commission an expert panel to undertake a gap analysis which can be used as part of an evidence base to support the Committee’s work in scrutinising the Module 1 report

The Committee also considered the legal briefings on the procedures of requiring witnesses to take Oaths and Affirmations. A further paper was requested to explore the practical implementations and consequences of asking of witnesses taking an Oath or Affirmation.

Meeting: 16/07/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 4)

4 Discussion and Next Steps

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Members discussed their preferences for a permanent meeting slot that they will be requesting from the Business Committee in the Autumn term.

Meeting: 14/05/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 4)

Discussion and next steps

Minutes:

The Committee considered its future work and next steps.

Meeting: 19/03/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 4)

Discussion and next steps

Minutes:

The Committee considered its future work and next steps.

Meeting: 19/03/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

2 Committee ways of working

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Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee: Proposal for an Expert Panel paper

Legal Services Paper

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Minutes:

Members considered the Committee’s ways of working and agreed in principle to establish an expert panel. The Committee agreed that it would return to the issue following the Easter recess.

Meeting: 20/02/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 3)

Discussion and next steps

Minutes:

The Committee considered its future work and next steps.

Meeting: 20/02/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

2 Committee ways of working

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-Senedd Research Brief

 

-Forward Work Programme

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Minutes:

Members considered the Committee’s ways of working.

Meeting: 06/02/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 4)

Discussion and next steps

Minutes:

The Committee considered the briefing and next steps.

Meeting: 06/02/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

2 Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1

Durham University

-Professor Ben Anderson

 

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-Senedd Research Brief

-Briefing paper: prepared by Professor Ben Anderson from Durham University

-Academic Briefing Presentation

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Minutes:

The Members received a briefing from Professor Ben Anderson from Durham University regarding civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1.

Meeting: 30/01/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 4)

Discussion and next steps

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee considered the briefing and next steps.

Meeting: 30/01/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

2 Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1

Nottingham Trent University

 

-Professor Rowena Hill - Professor of Resilience, Emergencies and Disaster Science at Nottingham Trent University

 

-Richard Pickford - Manager of Nottingham Civic Exchange

 

Supporting documents

 

-Senedd Research Brief

-Briefing paper: prepared by Professor Rowena Hill and Richard Pickford, Nottingham Trent University

-Presentation: Nottingham Trent University

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Minutes:

2.2 The Committee received a briefing from Professor Rowena Hill and Richard Pickford from Nottingham Trent University regarding civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1.

Meeting: 23/01/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 1)

1 Briefing Event

The Senedd’s Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee will be holding a briefing event to share information on the role, remit and planned future work of the Committee.

 

The event will provide stakeholders with an opportunity to hear from Committee Members about how the Committee has been set up, its role and remit and how it plans to take forward its work in the short term future.

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YouTube-Here https://www.youtube.com/embed/jCs9b1mJloI?si=voeEPpx_eHZ7S7kk

 

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